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“It’s too hot to dream. There’s only the fever-dream of leaving my house to walk the empty streets to the corner store.”...
18/08/2025

“It’s too hot to dream. There’s only the fever-dream of leaving my house to walk the empty streets to the corner store.”

—from “The Spell,” by Brandel France de Bravo, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

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“The narrow heads of northern water snakes are shaped like grapefruit spoons.” —from “Comminution,” by Carson Colenbaugh...
16/08/2025

“The narrow heads of northern water snakes are shaped
like grapefruit spoons.”

—from “Comminution,” by Carson Colenbaugh, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“All day she scoots close & closer, & finally our own shy daughter pads across the log & offers a root beer, a cheese sa...
14/08/2025

“All day she scoots close & closer,
& finally our own shy daughter pads across the log
& offers a root beer, a cheese sandwich.”

—from “Nestucca,” by Joe Wilkins, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“The sound of the birds’ wings made Reggie feel uneasy, almost like he was trapped and needed to escape.” —from “Arrowhe...
11/08/2025

“The sound of the birds’ wings made Reggie feel uneasy, almost like he was trapped and needed to escape.”

—from “Arrowhead Springs,” by Kashona Notah, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“Because my friend who knows much about many things had written Arcturus, I looked up Arcturus, and yes, it’s the bright...
09/08/2025

“Because my friend who knows much about many things had written Arcturus,
I looked up Arcturus, and yes, it’s the brightest star in our northern sky.”

—from “Arcturus,” by Martha Collins, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

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“Here’s where the West begins— at the Ginkgo Gem Shop, selling postcards of petrified trees and dinosaur prints.” —from ...
06/08/2025

“Here’s where the West begins—
at the Ginkgo Gem Shop, selling
postcards of petrified trees and dinosaur
prints.”

—from “Vantage,” by Zach Simon, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“When they returned home they acted like different people, bored and often cold, with entirely new ways of dressing.” —...
04/08/2025

“When they returned home they acted like different people, bored and often cold, with entirely new ways of dressing.”

—from “London,” by Debbie Urbanski, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

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“You could press your nose to the window, breathe out, then write your name, one fingertip slipping through the condensa...
02/08/2025

“You could press your nose to the window, breathe
out, then write your name, one fingertip slipping through the condensation,”

—from “Shopping with Nonna—Corona, Queens, 1965,” by Paula C. Brancato, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

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“Toward the singing fields, A little tired, bent the day.” —from “Old Rus’,” by Andrey Platonov, translated from Russian...
31/07/2025

“Toward the singing fields,
A little tired, bent the day.”

—from “Old Rus’,” by Andrey Platonov, translated from Russian by George Kovalenko, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“I do not know how to tell you to face the world motherless.” —from “To Survive I Need You to Survive,” by Erika Meitne...
28/07/2025

“I do not
know how to tell you to face the world
motherless.”

—from “To Survive I Need You to Survive,” by Erika Meitner, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“I was sixteen and, in my head, I had the American dream.” —from “The Ghosts of Munfrà,” by Piera Ventre, translated fro...
26/07/2025

“I was sixteen and, in my head, I had the American dream.”

—from “The Ghosts of Munfrà,” by Piera Ventre, translated from Italian by Antonella Lettieri and Seán McDonagh, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

“From this arid patch of earth, I rise, notes of sweet almond, canela, and anise.” —from “El rey del tequila,” by Mia Le...
24/07/2025

“From this arid patch of earth, I rise,
notes of sweet almond, canela, and anise.”

—from “El rey del tequila,” by Mia Leonin, from our Summer 2025 issue: https://bit.ly/tsrsummer25

Art by REWA

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