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Fiction

The Woman in the Wooden Box

“Like breadcrumbs, the trail of now ubiquitous security camera footage, led the authorities back to The Castle.”

The Starfish

“Did you know that if a starfish loses one if it’s legs, it can just grow a new one? It’s called regeneration.”

The Bar Mitzvah Boy

“Seemingly frozen, Jerry now stood up ramrod straight on the bimah, wondering why some of his ideas had abandoned him.”

Contingency Daughter

“An impatient horn outside sends me running from the room, down the stairs, and into the star-filled night.”

Children of the Border

Arziki said, “I laid down in the desert with the dead bodies. I played dead so the men would leave me alone. It is not easy for me to do,” she said, smiling ear to ear.

The Roach

“I stare at the cockroach and am sure that it is my father. It’s got the same shifty eyes that he has – well, had.”

The Question Remains

“It’s always nice when the choices work for you. Yet, it’s still a bit of a Goldilocks quandary, now, isn’t it?”