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Sales Pitch by Henry Simpson
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Culture by Dey
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Sales Pitch by Henry Simpson
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Bad Decisions by Dale Patrick Smrekar
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The Funeral Pyre by Bret Jones
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Namrata’s Secrets by Rathin Bhattacharjee
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Big Purple Boxes by Caroline Smith
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Early Justice by Kevin Van Den Berg
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The Job Interview by Casey Holliday
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The Weight Of Trembling by Lilia Mahfouz
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New Me, In the Flesh by Sean MacKendrick
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The Broken Leaf by Richard Simonds
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Thin Walls by Laura O’Meara
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Squid Jigger by Matthew Hurst
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First Contact by J.D. Strunk
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Wish Upon a Cloud by Neille Williams
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Dough Boys by M.D. Smith IV
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Assignation by J. J. Hillard
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To Take What is Best by Paul Cesarini
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A Journey to the West by Lance Mason
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Big Bessie and Harriet by Debra J. White
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The Safe Cracker by Ian C. Dawkins Moore
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Tyler, Trey, And The Trolls by David L Graham
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Toxic by Bill Tope
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African Dream by Fikile Dlamini
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After the Breakup by Nicki Youngsma
After the Breakup by Nicki Youngsma A woman had a breakup and called her best friend to tell her about it and then said, “Let’s get tattoos together,” because she heard once that feeling a needle’s micro-lances can be cathartic, the burn leaving something in its wake. The friend said okay because that’s what friends…
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A Transfer by June Wolfman
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An Afternoon at the Ball Game by Ashok Shenolikar
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The Only One She Can Rely On by Huina Zheng
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