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October 2009
Not Your Typical Girl
by Jon Bohr
The Long Grass
by Ryan W. Bradley
A Glass of Water
by CS DeWildt
Air Over Air
by John Givens
Bleeder
by Brett Matthew Graham
Memphis Apartment, Downtown Poplar and Vine
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Myrtle Avenue
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Cut, Chew, Swallow
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September 2009
A Little Expensive
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Firstborn
by Jake Christie
Welcome to the Mead Hall
by Rowdy Geirsson
Crossing Borders
by Sylvia Martínez
The Firestarter
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House of Holes
by Timothy Raymond
Confederates
by Charles Dodd White
August 2009
Mercurial Affections
by Philip Brunetti
In the Street of Cats
by Jac Cattaneo
We Don't Make Love
by Brent Krammes
Rhode Island Gothic
by Andrée Pagès
July 2009
Legacy
by Grant Bergland
The Teacher
by Wyatt Bonikowski
A Brilliant Compromise
by Sean M. Lawrence
Christmas in Mexico
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That Something We Needed
by Casey Wiley
June 2009
Rejection
by Simon Barker
In My Office—Now!
by D. E. Fredd
Fishbowl
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Expecting
by Claire Merle
We Are All Animals
by Amanda Montei
May 2009
The Ballad of Donald Lane
by Brad Conlin
The Dripping Net
by Nels Hanson
Polar Bears
by Rose Hunter
Detached
by Paul Lewellan
How Was I To Know, If You Didn't Tell Me
by Jamie Lin
Three Mistakes
by Richard Thomas
The Displacement of Salvatore
by Joseph Winter
April 2009
Bone Density
by Roxane Gay
Epitaphs
by Daniel Homan
A Dangerous Shine
by Tamara Linse
My Dad Builds the House
by Gary Moshimer
The Living, the Dying
by Luke Rolfes
Double Shift, May 1955
by Donna D. Vitucci
March 2009
Blink
by Chuck Campbell
Roach
by Jane Elia
Random Saves
by Sharon Goldner
Sati
by Chris Lenton
The Surprise
by Kurt Remington
An Honest Man
by Doug Rudoff
Truby
by Jon Sindell
February 2009
To Sketch a Thief
by Elizabeth Buechner Morris
Minimal Pairs
by Tom Fillion
Maybe Things Don't Go That Way for Us
by Lee Future
Ludus Tonalis
by Sandra Maddux-Creech
Scrooge in Psychotherapy
by John McCaffrey
Iron for the Soul
by Ethel Rohan
In Love with Love and Lousy Poetry
by Daniel Schmidt
A Good Plan
by Dan Tracy
January 2009
Twenty Minutes' Road
by Tobias Carroll
Anna and the Rain
by Zdravka Evtimova
Springtime, North Dakota
by Mike Florian
Static
by Louis Gallo
Rules of the Game
by Dylan Gilbert
Two Strangers
by Aletheia Plankiw
Two Strings Short
by Ann Tinkham
December 2008
Pupils
by C.J. Arellano
The Brothers
by Simon Barker
Letting Go
by Lynne Elson
Freeze Dance
by Jane Hertenstein
Throwaways
by Jessa Marsh
It's Easy
by John Thornton
November 2008
The Pot Party
by John Bruce
Meryl’s Raincoat
by Elizabeth Fallon
Three's Your Limit
by Molly Gaudry
The Watcher
by Brian Krans
Open Secrets
by Joy Lanzendorfer
Someone Else
by Cris Mazza
Someone Else (Part 2)
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Stay
by Tracy Shields
Jamaica Avenue
by Giuseppe Taurino
Spilt Milk
by Jared Ward
October 2008
Missus
by Regan Calmer
Basinkingship
by Benjamin Henry DeVries
Water and Light
by Mark Dow
American Psycho Club
by Destanie McAllister
Road Like Ribbon
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December 15, 2012
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Birds
by Jennifer Strickland
The Next Carrie Beth
by Molly Tolsky
Home Theater
by Paul Vidich
The Problem With Friendship, Identity, Parenting, and the Limited Capacity of Foresight
by Kara Weiss
September 2008
Birthing
by Clare Beams
The Good Reverend
by Timothy Braun
Partners
by Steve Cushman
Let's Stop Talking
by Ron D'Alena
Unseen Stimuli
by Nelson L. Eshleman
Homemade
by Jen Gann
Remembering Mérida
by Rob Mayette
Prozac Salt Lick
by Tamara Palmer
August 2008
They Are Made of Light
by Scott Cheshire
Snow Blowing and Grass Mowing
by Catherine DiCairano
Hedonism
by Susan Lago
The Things That You Know
by Jen Larsen
Fried Food and Smoking Is Bad for Your Heart
by Halli Melnitsky
Lit Up
by John Roberts
Kinds of Violence
by Kara Weiss
July 2008
Chasing Ernest
by Barbra Annino
Chemistry
by Lauren Becker
The Boxer
by Evan Fleischer
Sundering Twins
by Anne Germanacos
Friendly Advice
by Andrei Guruianu
The Adjudicator
by Andy Henion
For Us
by Caroline Imreibe
Where We Live
by Amanda Montei
Being Good
by David Saphier
June 2008
Habit
by Lindsay Anderberg
Nick's Beer
by Joshua Ben-Noah Carlson
Next of Kin
by Dan Moreau
Lenny and Earl Go Shooting Off Their Mouths
by Ray Morrison
Jack
by Jesse Murphree
Back of the Band
by Alex Myers
May 2008
A Shoo-In
by Linda Boroff
Eating Manny Berkowitz
by Scott Boyan
Sugar in My Bowl
by Sean Cunningham
You Are One Click Away From Pictures of Nude Girls
by Heather Fowler
Leaster
by Stephanie Johnson
Herman Loves Brooke
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Safe Haven
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Ripples
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1926 in Brazilian Football
by Aliya Whiteley
April 2008
Coming Apart
by Thomas Boulan
The No Loitering Hotel
by Jean-Gérald Charbonneau
Flakes
by James Terry
March 2008
Blending Into Vancouver
by Anne Archer
Judgment Day
by Sandra Jensen
Mecca
by Alex Ortolani
Maybe Love Can Do That Too
by Nick Ostdick
The Best Place
by Richard Rippon
Please Don't Eat the Sausage!
by Paul Takeuchi
Ragged Fin
by Rudy Young
February 2008
Innisfree
by Paul Elwork
In Limbo
by Greta Igl
A Change of Scenery
by Gavin S. Lambert
Squid Story
by Kirk Marshall
Cincinnati
by Michael K. Meyers
The Cheater
by Kevin Michaels
January 2008
Fish Camp Gamers
by Todd Dills
Missionary
by Paul Eckert
Johnny's Way
by Terri Ellis
The Good Guy
by Emily Kissell
The Alcoholic Who Knew Damn Well He Was a Writer
by Michael Ray Laemmle
The Distended Swede
by Rachel Yoder
December 2007
Sunday Visit
by Janice Daugharty
Anybody Home?
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Too Much Asia to Wipe Off
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November 2007
Cirque de Hommes
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Charlie Judd
by Andrew Coburn
This Is Me American Style
by Maria Deira
Abject Objectivity Goes for a Walk
by Drew Lackovic
From The Psych-Ward
by Mathias Nelson
Always There
by Mitch Omar
For Better Future Viewing
by Nick Ostdick
Moustache
by Sean Ruane
October 2007
I Am Jack Ryan
by Tom Burkett
Departure
by Melanie Cotter
Those Who Trespass
by Giano Cromley
The Persistence of Spiders
by Peter Grandbois
Desert Rose
by Grierson Huffman
Raul Shows Me Things
by A.S. King
Reaching Aushak
by Roger Pincus
Joseph F. Hailey
by Luke Tennis
Kin of the Devil
by David Veronese
September 2007
Shitting in the Dark
by Casey Anderson
What Gives When Things Are Asked For
by Steven Gillis
The Pinch Hitter
by J. Conrad Guest
Turnabout
by Jala Pfaff
The Plight of Man
by Christian Rose
Our Guy
by Caleb Ross
August 2007
The Collective Darling
by Adam Cushman
Under Water and Under Foot
by Brannon Clark Larson
Final Round
by J.A. Miller
Snow Day
by Daniel Purdy
Target Shooters
by Jack Smith
Masturbation and Its Antecedents
by Spencer Troxell
July 2007
The Coat
by Christina Cavey
A Woolf in Vita's Clothing
by Andrew Coburn
The Big Band Sound in the Berkshires
by D. E. Fredd
An Appointment
by Kevin Hardcastle
Wendell, Darling
by Aileen O'Connell
On Broadway
by David Veronese
June 2007
A Galloping Infection
by Paula Bomer
Second Flowering
by John Colvin
Thou Shalt Take Up Serpents
by Will Curl
A Close One
by Katherine L. Holmes
Newton's 1st Law
by Sam Nelson
Lost is a Place, Too
by James Stark
Then the Asshole Got Out of His Semi and He Had a Baseball Bat, a Fucking Baseball Bat
by Gavin Tierney
May 2007
Shoe Shopping
by Seth Berg
Death Without Dignity
by Randall DeVallance
Shavings
by Mitch Grabois
April 2007
The Senate Sends You This
by Randall DeVallance
Moving Pictures
by Thomas Kearnes
Color of an Overcast Day
by Matthew Limpede
In Suspect Terrain
by Andrew Palmer
March 2007
A Manual on How to Break Your Heart
by Terrence Dunn
The Dairy Barn
by joshua foster
Mystery Meats Still a Mystery
by Timber Masterson
Nicks
by James Schlatter
Oak Park Stop
by Paul Silverman
February 2007
Ptomaine
by Jeffrey Colvin
The Mystery of Advertising and the Monkey of God
by Ravsten Cottle
Tenebrae
by Michael Gurnow
Visage
by Trevor Johnson
Storyteller
by Vineesh K
The Instant Passing of a Young Drunk Girl
by Caroline Kepnes
In the Cleavage
by Rebecca Kraft
Gideon in One of Two Places
by Dan Moyer
January 2007
Subway Story
by Mike Amato
The Dodge
by Brian Beatty
Mad Dog Season
by Anita Buehrle
Thanks for Coming
by Carl Dimitri
Three
by Jason Huskey
Excuse Me, Mr Jenkins?
by Mike Jones
Phase Twelve
by Leif Peterson
Life After Dinner
by Natalie Rogers
The Red Rocket
by Paul Silverman
December 2006
How to Start the War with the Mexicans
by Lindsey Danis
Night Milk
by Aaron H. Gilbreath
Swords Crossing
by Paul Silverman
Things That Please Us
by Paul Vidich
August 2006
Death Crab
by G. L. Mind
Friends Like These
by Kristopher Monroe
The Infinite Monkey Theorem
by Marshall Moore
One Fine Day
by Ryan Rickert
July 2006
Souls and Spark Plugs
by Jill Bodach
Yes, I wanted to say
by Michael Bryson
Rose's Apple
by Anne Germanacos
Vaguegirl2 (forthcoming)
by Rob McClure Smith
A Million Little Pisces
by Stoddard Smith
Brave Tomb
by Christopher Wallace
June 2006
The Last Time I Kiss a Boy
by Rebeca Antoine
Wildlife
by Michael Loughrey
Single Malts of the Olympic Peninsula
by Steven J. McDermott
I fingered you last night
by Randy Schwabacher
April 2006
The Snake Man
by Tala Bar
The Thought Game
by Tom Conoboy
Under the Floorboards
by Randy Dalzell
Eugene the Radio
by John Gorman
Gerking The Rejerk Equinoctial
by John Oliver Hodges
Walk
by Paul Kavanagh
7th Day (Cloud)
by Rob Anthony Plews
With Running Cattle
by Michael J. Viscuso
Punk Rocker
by Peter Wild
March 2006
Calvin's Monster
by Fred Bubbers
Sliver
by Dave Morrison
Write a Book in 14 Days
by Robert Sanchez
Expectations
by Courtney Tenz
The Saints That Burnt Crosses
by Matt Thomas
War
by Chris Turner
February 2006
Hand Me Downs
by Karin L. Becker
I Wash, He Dries
by CP Chang
The Collector of Things
by Lorraine Thomas
Slugger
by Jeff Van Hanken
The Menstrual Cycle of the Mind
by Mark Vender
January 2006
Ten Cups
by Anonymous
Driving Naked Westward After Midnight
by S. Melinda Dunlap
Big Angry Cocks
by Karl Koweski
Pride
by Margot Landau
Rabbit: retold by Jenny Lederer
by Jenny Lederer
The King of Friday Night
by Brent Powers
Sedge
by Paul Silverman
December 2005
Lord Baxtor Ballsington
by Owen Egerton
shaving cream or one last fling
by Lisa Hanson
Slice-of-life-vignette-story
by Andrew Minh
Still Weight
by J. F. O'Keane
November 2005
How To Be Loved
by Drew Mccoy
Crabwalk
by Brian Scullion
October 2005
Tommy Smedley’s Nose
by Sean Carswell
Head Injury
by Jean-Gérald Charbonneau
Just Noticeable Difference
by Michael Hendryx
Miscarriage
by Robert Lewis
September 2005
Bite Me
by Greg Barbera
Gangbang Tango
by Susannah Breslin
Tiny Umbrellas
by Devan Sagliani
Saint Django
by Spencer Troxell
Ten Gallon Bucket of Fries
by Mike Young
June 2005
Another Day
by Donald Capone
Nice Closets
by Caroline Kepnes
The Great Worm Extermination
by J.E. Ogle
The X-Rated Adventures of Mrs. Monroe
by Gavin Tierney
The Twice-Sold Plot
by Paul Vidich
May 2005
Remedy
by George Ayres
Twice Shy
by Arndt Britschgi
Cure
by Rita Kasperek
Laser Eye
by Nathan Leslie
Stool Specimen
by Henry Stanton
April 2005
Buffalo Pass
by Sarah Black
Yellow Empress
by Eugenia Chao
There Are No Tigers Here
by Kevin Kalinowski
Megaplex
by Sean Kim
Sebastian Bugs
by Aliya Whiteley
March 2005
Safi
by Pilgermann BM
May the Road Rise
by Michael Bryson
What’s in a Name?
by Kyle Deacon
A Good Woman
by Mike Mellish
Safety Factory
by Trevor Richardson
Lineage Sickness
by Caskey Russell
February 2005
Sinkhole
by Brad Conlin
Stealing From the Dead
by Paul Ewing
The Spider Monkey
by Steve Lavender
There But For the Pinks
by Khrynn Yvonne McManus
Sweetie Professor Darling
by George Sparling
Hospital=Morgue
by D.W. Young
January 2005
Colour of Friendship
by Debra Broughton
You Have the Body
by Zachary Houle
Parable of the Sudden Storm
by Louis Malloy
Extreme Sports
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What We Call Living
by Jen McConnell
December 2004
The Cat is On the Table
by Ethan Bernard
The High-Heeled Shoe
by Brandon Cole
After Constantina
by Spencer Dew
Wayne’s World
by R.A. Rubin
November 2004
The Curve
by Drew Gummerson
It Ain’t No Nine to Five
by Shawna A. Smart
Turkey Dinner with Little Bear
by Spencer Troxell
October 2004
The American Book of the Dead
by Chris Lites
The Red Side
by Adam O’Connor Rodríguez
September 2004
I Just Want To Tell You...
by Zachary Houle
The Bottle Game
by Greg Mulcahy
The Pleasure-Bird Whistles
by Paul A. Toth
The Twins That Burn Eternity Into Your Soul
by Robert Vivian
August 2004
Sea
by Bay Anapol
Family Ink
by Daniel Cox
The Thousand Flowers
by Bonnie Ruberg
Working With Jimmy
by Paul Silverman
We are always looking more like skeletons.
by R. Simonini
Jokers
by Grant Tracey
July 2004
My Roommates
by Don Fredd
Everything Included
by James Lewelling
Showing My Brother Matt
by Ilana Simons
June 2004
The Town That Went to Sleep
by Brian Biswas
It Happens
by Adam Maxwell
Target
by Christopher J. Stephens
Deja Vu You Too, Champ
by Damon Stewart
May 2004
The Sublime
by Debra Johanyak
Tuesday
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One Sweet Day
by George Sparling
April 2004
The Passion of Corpus Christi
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Nocturnal Alignment
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Croquet, Okay
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March 2004
The Only Way to Be
by Flash Dixon
Eschatology
by John Calvin Hughes
Even Trade
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February 2004
The Watermelon Vodka Ultimatum
by Katerie Prior
Think Beyond Wood
by Paul Silverman
Performing for the House
by Ilana Simons
January 2004
Kathmandu
by David Brizer
The Whisky Didn't Help at All...
by Annie Forbes Cooper
Out of Sight
by Phoebe Kate Foster
The Verifications
by Michael Fowler
Bio Clock and Nutty Photos
by Julie Shapiro
The Waking
by Felicia C. Sullivan
December 2003
Sterile Swab to the Eye
by Jaime Campbell
Pennies
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The Medium and the Message
by Daniel Green
Revolution
by Kristin Julio
How to Catch a Good Girl
by Claudia Smith
Spoonbill
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November 2003
New Fruit
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Something to Tell Gina
by H. A. Fleming
Hoarder
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Rolling with Rodney King
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Charlie's Machine
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The Lovely Dust
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September 2003
The Girl in the Coffee Shop
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In the Corner of God's Eye
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Managing Desire
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Something to Fit Daisy
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Fishing with Lee Marvin
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Joanna
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August 2003
Shine
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The Good Person
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Retired
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The Stroller
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While You Were Out
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They Sent Us in to Secure the Sector
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Love Scavenger
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July 2003
Hold Rebel
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June 2003
A Wing, a Prayer and a Tall Man
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Dretelj
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Rope Music (Fifty-Three Minutes)
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May 2003
The Lower Half
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After Graduation
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Dear National Museum of Glass
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April 2003
Little Deaths
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Turbulence
by Diane Payne
Olivia's Letters Are a Long Way Home
by Kathrine L. Wright
March 2003
Child's Seat
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A Song to Make You Smile
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Luck
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February 2003
The Viewing
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A Fighting Chance
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Hank and Diane
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Ever After
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When He Found Me
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January 2003
Celebrity
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Anthony
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Master of Puppets
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The One Thing to Do
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Emmo Is in My Car!
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Careless
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Coat of Arms
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Living with the Meaning of Names
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Jimmy Grim and the Reapers
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Everyone Just Wants to Feel Good
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The Gary Game
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Stranger on the Loose
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November 2002
Death By Bricolage
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Beauty for Beasts
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The Professor and I
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At the White Falls Hotel
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Worlds Apart
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At Church
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Rico's Corner
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Close Calls
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When Things Get Back to Normal
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FCIMA
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The Voiceover Man
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The Old Russian
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Matrimony
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Intuition
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August 2002
Breaking Glass
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Stone Benches
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Why I Married My Wife
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Murder by Invention (or The Artist as Cunning Killer)
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July 2002
Changer's Blues
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Village Songs
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Shop Around
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Welcome to the Truth
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Never Ask Directions from One Who's Lost
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The Fragility of Glass
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Squirting Chubbies
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Red Trunks & Blue Water
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Bones
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A Happy, Life-Affirming Story
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The Impulsive Man
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Double Hendrix
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This Broken Machine
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