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Monchego, Jr. Three Flash Fiction Stories by Forrest Roth A Matter of Survival by Nathan Tyree July 2007 Name by Laura Hirneisen Two Stories by David Morris An Upper Case "I," Flat On Its Side by Rebecca Pearson Over Main Street by Conan Stuart Skin by Stephanie Szymanski June 2007 Where Ripples End by Dave De Fina Hollywood by Nick Fair Clamming in January by John McCaffrey May 2007 Branded by Emily M. Z. Carlyle A Borrowed Life by Eva Konstantopoulos What Shall We Do with the Bodies? by Cally Taylor What Are People In Guam Called? by Rae Walker How to Go to a Hotel Room With a Girl Who Isn't Your Girlfriend by Jared Young Woman Crossing Street by Bonnie ZoBell April 2007 Everyday by Lis Anna Harvey Jones by Zachary C. Bush Compliance by Debbie Ann Eis 5 Seconds by Richard Johnson Manual Transmission by Mary Lynn Reed R x T = D by Ron Singer Agenda by Kristin S. Troy March 2007 Waiting for Nothing by Rusty Barnes Survival Guide by Brian Beatty A Tavern, 6 PM by Timothy Gager Reconnaissance by Louise Norlie Beautiful by Robin Slick February 2007 The Mural by Megan R. Anderson Hope and Strangers in the Afternoon by Cristy Burne Xavier Atomized by J. Michael Dashiell Shades of Madness by Monica Dennis This Life by Debbie Ann Eis Duck, Duck, Goose by Carla Gericke One Hundred Shades of Red by Jesse Patrick Success by Shelley W. Stout How I, the Monster, Feel When Your Husband Wakes Up by James Warner Your Fifth Dimension by Scarlett Watters January 2007 But I'm on the "Do Not Call" List by Paul Beckman The Shrew of DC by Alex Behr Rapture by Zachary C. Bush After the Flood by Krishan Coupland E-Crush by Shalla de Guzman The Books on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman's Bedside Table by Shug Hanlan Some Possible Interactions by Henry S. 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Hamilton The Smaller Yes Lives in the Shadow of the Larger No by Charly Hoge Three Stories by Sam Kean Brand Recognition by Henry Presente August 2006 Where All the Veins Meet by Carmen Adair The Fallen Wall by Sarah Black Prenup by Michelle Garren Flye The Big 5-0 by Guy Hogan Sound by Maria Pollack July 2006 Under Our Skin by Rebecca Andem Cosmogony by Ron Burch Margaret (Called Peggy Once) Gets That In Sink Feeling by Jon Fain Not Sure by Porter Fox Love and Mercy (Happy Valentines Day) by Nick Ostdick Naked feet by Dave Prescott Under The Bridge by Uche Peter Umez His First Valentine by Sam Weehunt June 2006 Consonant by Cheryl Chambers 14 Sawn-off Tales by David Gaffney Hair Cut by Nina MacLaughlin Rest Stop In Fidelity, TX by Michael Obilade Three Stories by Brett Ortler Oranges by Katrina Pierson April 2006 Survivor’s Remorse by Lisette Alonso Upon Departure by Mark Brown No Dreamers by Donna Epler The Black Element by Spencer Troxell March 2006 Prowler by Carl Bernock Mrs. W. Needs Her Beauty Sleep by Duncan Birmingham Duane's Cookies by Sarah Black Saturation by Martha Clarkson Orbit by John H. Matthews February 2006 A Tale of Two Brothers by Cezarija Abartis Pliant by Samantha Ducas Daybreak by Michael S. Hennessey The Scope by Susan O'Doherty All It Takes by Marie Sabatino January 2006 Two Flash Fiction Pieces by Greg Dobrin Towards a Dead Father by Ben Segal December 2005 The Buddha and I by Chuck Augello Sleeping Under Water by Tania Casselle Likewise, Rise Up, All You Angels of Disquiet by Spencer Dew Grandma Betty by Justin Kahn January by Dayna Kaufman Lorentz The Ant Man by Jeff Tannen November 2005 Thursday Morning In A Pink Room by Adam Bunch Awake from Dreaming by Brian Childs Plague of Statues by John Colvin Black Keys by Kathy Crosett Connection by Thomas J. Misuraca We’re Out of Ketchup by Laura Monjoy Yoshitaka by Samuel White October 2005 Memorial Day by Nadine Darling Playing Himself by Glenn Deutsch House of Cards by Steven J. Dines Six Super Short Short Stories by Chris Red Martiny Angels by Laura Stamps September 2005 Self Reprisal by Carl Bernock Isaac13 by Casey Haymes Artwork, Alice by Adam McGrath A Perfect Day for Pamplemousse by Carol Novack Bench by Girija Tropp June 2005 How to Sign a Guestbook by Karen Ackland Cow Town by Christian Rose May 2005 E—I—E—I—O by Michael Fahy Evolving by Amy Louise Francis A Ghost is Born by Cheryl Diane Kidder Precipitation (Detroit, 1959) by Sharon McGill Scrambling by Tom Meek Family Reunion by Kristopher Monroe April 2005 Let Me Ask You Something by Emerson Dameron On Second Thought (My Favorite 90s Show is "Blossom") by Christina Delia Sawn Off Tales by David Gaffney Zen and the Art of Driving a Van by Brent McKnight Pictures of Children Playing by Robert Repino Sfumato by Shellie Zacharia March 2005 The Red Bracelet by Jolie du Pré Flute Players by Michael Fahy Martini Blond by Bradley Mason Hamlin Her Pink Mini iPod by Bobby Oerzen Cookies and Smoke by Jessica Rodnick Startled by Claudia Smith February 2005 Advanced Placement at Hendrick Hudson High by Caren Beilin Cheat by Kristen J. Elde The Fourth Thing Bill Told Me by Alan Stokes Shitheart by Zack Wentz Eyes on the Divining Rod by Derek White January 2005 The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club by Michael Fahy Clutchy by J.D. Greene Dent Fondling by Alan Jepsen Like Rocks Falling into the Ocean by Charlie Mintz A North View by Graeme Robbins December 2004 flash photography and screams by elliott bledsoe Two Portraits of Somebody's Brother (One) by Arndt Britschgi Two Portraits of Somebody's Brother (Two) by Arndt Britschgi Naked in New York by Susan Culver Rock Paper Scissors by Holly Robinson Blind by Abby Seiff November 2004 Tracks by Katrina Denza Til Human Voices Wake Us by William I. Lengeman III Angel of Powders by J. Marinelli Time to Go by Jon Swan October 2004 Father’s Parts by Scott Brothers The Idea of the Story Is This by Steve Finbow The Phenomenon of Sadness by Rod Schecter September 2004 Impassivity by Carmen Adair The Inflated Tear by Jeremy Biles Crab Cake by Sars Flannery The Vorpal Blades by Miriam N. Kotzin Playground Curiosity by Zoë Lea Entertainment by Robert Lopez Movie Romance by Troy Seate Stitch by Michael Stevens August 2004 The Matrix Defense, Revisited by David Gianatasio Community Service by Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz On Parade by Patricia Parkinson July 2004 It Looks Like It Might Eat You. by Ryan Kennebeck Black Dog by Suzanne Nielsen Word Problem by Bruce Holland Rogers Abundance by Heather Van Doren Botanicals (Three Short Fictions) by Alice Whittenburg Tiny Little Beacons by Marilynn Wilkins Mule by Ian Randall Wilson June 2004 Voodoo Pastoral by Spencer Dew Threads by Debbie Ann Ice Bones by Alex Keegan Ebro River '37 by Michael O'Neill May 2004 Literally by Randall Brown Proposal in a Boxing Gym by Kenneth Darling Aunt Debbie Holland's Slightly Drunken Driving Tour of Smithfield, Virginia, Home of the World-Famous Smithfield Ham by Brendan Kiley My Bed Was Against the Wall by Kevin Sampsell April 2004 Objects May Appear by David Gianatasio Exchange Rates by Dorothee Lang A Mild Concussion by Darby Larson The Girl Who Saved the Moody Blues by Donna George Storey A Case for Impalement by Spencer Troxell Porpoises by Elizabeth Varadan March 2004 The Holy Spirit by Luke Buckham The Broken Dish by Oliver Cassidy Dead Poet’s Full Contact Kickboxing Society by William I. Lengeman III Words Fail Me by Jonathan Messinger Wild Jennie by Jeffrey Yamaguchi February 2004 Five Uneasy Pieces by Dave Clapper What the Rooster Taught Me by Michelle Garren Flye Frog Song by Brian Graham Lockhurst by Josh Jennings "A Little Shinier," an excerpt from Naughty Sweet Boy by Ryan Robert Mullen Afterglow by Catherine Talley Night on a Porch With Favorite Novelist by Paul A. Toth January 2004 Blue Shirt by Ellen Meister Last Thanksgiving by Charles Sharpe December 2003 El Gaucho by Dennis DiClaudio Driver's Ed by Charlie Mintz The Orange Moon by Seema Mukhi The Open Seat by Jeff Reichman Placenta by Natalie Sliskovic November 2003 Second Lives by Jacob Kinzie Bubba Tries Again by Nance Knauer Of Dead Nests and Dusty Hollows by Curtis M. Revis Seubert Anymore by Matthew Simmons My Nap by Anthony Tognazzini Last Family Vacation by Margot August Woods September 2003 Story by Claudia Fletcher The Party by Lydia Melton A Simple Choice by Scott Neumyer August 2003 You and I by Karen Ashburner Searching Instructions by Ralph-Michael Chiaia Branches by Kathy Fish The Move by Susan M. Henderson July 2003 excerpt from We Were Ugly So We Made Beautiful Things by David Barringer Latchkey by David Gianatasio Outrageous Fortune by Kathryn Koromilas WWPD by Paul A. Toth Dog Love by Joseph Young June 2003 Out in the Cold by Emily Bevan I Was Hungry by Theresa Fleming The Great Advertorial Sell Out by Pasha Malla Remember by Gwendolyn Mintz Getting the Band Back Together by Katerie Prior Roulinards by Ian Simmons May 2003 Totally Confident by Kevin Fanning Leechmilk, Where Are You? by Victoria Groce Summer Night in Texas by Steven Gullion April 2003 Gnawing Away by David Erlewine Breakfast by Adrienne Hunter The Great Advertorial Sell-Out by Pasha Malla Luncheon by Mark Phillips Brief Description of Something Which Will Never Occur by Robert Pollock Silo by Joseph Young March 2003 Questions and Answers by Mark Broucek Baseball Town Axiom by Jeb Gleason-Allured Misaligned by William I. Lengeman III Red Light Street by Brian Ray February 2003 Son of a Car Salesman by Kelly Spitzer Entry Level by Bob Thurber January 2003 Norma's Compromise by DHS Hubert A Hot Shower by Brian Ray December 2002 The Jubilant Paranoids by Emerson Dameron 11:05pm by CJ Hurtt Subdivision by Chris Mastin Handsome by Andrew Prunty Deer in the City by D. Harlan Wilson Nikola by Wayne Wolfson November 2002 Up Close by Aldo Alvarez Sayeth by Diane Payne October 2002 On the Couch by Georgiana Lee Ring Fingers by Jill Mountain Meet Terrence Billow by Paul A. Toth September 2002 I Am the One by David Barringer The Jesus Atrocities by Eric Bosse Butterfly Man by Timothy M. Leonard Angie, Double-Naked and Sweetie's Ride by Ryan Robert Mullen August 2002 The King of Parallel Parking by Jamie Callan An Invitation by Ann Ice Waiting for Holly by Ryan Robert Mullen July 2002 An Excerpt from My Life in Heavy Metal by Steve Almond Final Words by TG Browning If You Want to Stay Late by Pia Z. Ehrhardt Upon Searching for Peace of Mind by Stacey Kushniruk June 2002 Not Gonna Get Away With This! by Bryson Newhart On the Way to the Post Office by Bryson Newhart May 2002 The Father Had a Revelation by Brandon Hobson Dissection of Love, Part 2 by Chris McLendon April 2002 Blue Lips and the Old, Wide Bastard by Transmothra Orange Astro-Turf by Stacey Kushniruk March 2002 I Miss Hell by Paula Anderson Soft Truths by Naomi Graham Unknown Soldier by Naomi Graham Dissection of Love by Chris McLendon Damp Earth by Zak Metz