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2031 Johnny had never been out this far. He had never seen the mile markers hit double digits. It gave him a horrible feeling in

1976 David left on the Fourth of July bi-centennial in the middle of the fireworks show. Nancy had to give it to him, it was

Thom Her body wasn’t posed. There was nothing remotely glamorous or cinematic about this. The woman was dead, floating face-down in a ditch next to

Dylan’s bus route was a superior bus route to mine. 80 percent of my best friends in sixth grade rode his bus that went upriver

The dam was constant. That’s all it was. That’s all Ria’s life was at this point, but that was fine. She found the name Diablo

I had nine more months to make my decision. April had nine days. You got notifications every day once you got down to the final

Is it Indian Burial Ground or Indian Burial Grounds? I’m a so-called expert and I’m not really even sure. How does one become an Indian

We landed somewhere in the desert. At least that’s what I thought. It was very possible the entirety of the lush and bustling world we

Leah had no plans for her thirtieth birthday. She was going to go home right after work and reward herself with a frozen pizza she

My sister never called about anything good. Someone must have died. Probably Uncle Gordon. I had been waiting for that day. “Hey, what’s going on?”

I woke up in the back of the greyhound bus coated in sweat. Maybe it was the 115-degree Nevada sun cutting through the windows or

CurTis absolutely despised the Internet Cafes. Between the bad coffee, the lack of proper air conditioning, the sketchy losers that hung around them, and the

I wasn’t capable of love. Or was it I wasn’t worthy of love? Either way, this wasn’t going well. Abort. I uttered “abort” under my

Nate lived up to his name. Almost exclusively dressed in green cargo shorts and sandals with a perpetual beard and emaciated composure, he appeared to

MAY 18, 2021 I’ll never know why it’s so hard to find a gas station in a city. It’s one of those rare things that

Krist was living a dream for the week, even if it was someone else’s dream. Venice Beach. House on the canals. Neighbor was the guitar

Carolyn’s coffee had just gotten cool enough to drink when she was greeted by the state trooper. He stood in front of the barrier, trying

Manhattan, New York The hundreds of people who waved to Gary on their way in and out of the parking garage at 6th and 29th

aron still had the program from his mother’s funeral in his leather jacket. He just didn’t know it yet.  It had been a very mild

The moment had come for Mason Smith. The tens of thousands of hours of practice, the pain, the blisters on his thumbs, had all paid

1998 There was a half a mile between the bus stop and my house. That half mile is still there, but I never walked it

Scott The fight snuck up on me. I don’t even know how it started, but that was business as usual these days.  Maren and I