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Emily Mitchell retells the myth of Arachne, a simple peasant whose skill at weaving rivals that of the goddess of weaving herself. Unfortunately, possessing such incredible talent doesn’t work out…
The Golden Door
John Washington on the Case for Open Borders
Start with Overripe Bananas
Instead of hitching up the wagon, still a common mode of transportation in rural North Dakota in the 1920s, your grandmother’s father rouses her and her two sisters and tells…
A Good House
We already lived by such thin margins. One bit of bad luck and we’d have nothing. We knew this as a reality. In a normal market we would’ve put off…
The Seafood Stand
A woman flew out to California, not knowing if she was looking for a sign her son was still there or a reason to move on. It was quieter than…
Black-Necked Stilt
By Robert Cording
Goodbye Note
By Jarod K. Anderson
This Call Is from an Inmate at a Federal Prison
By Erik Tschekunow
Love and Other Pandemics
The thing about the apocalypse is that nobody said it would be so beautiful.