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Weddings
Sharookh Daroowala, "Better Than Yesterday." Jennifer Martin, "Wedding Dress Trauma." Zed Payne, "The Wedding."
Just Deserts
Owen Reid, "A Bad Trip to Belgium with a Bad Boss." Soo Jeong, "The Regret." Bill Burnyeat, "Bitter End."
Precious Objects
Geneviève Goggin, "The Special Christmas Tree." Michele Luchs, "The Gift." Dick Cummins, "An Autographed Baseball Worth More Than Something Someday."
Beautiful
Deb VanSlet, "The Innlet." Nat Jategaonkar, "Ocean Magic." Alix Born, "Beautiful."
Searching
Bryant Ross, "Lost in the Forest." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch and the Glove." Tyler Gooden, "Fire Alarm."
Death-Defying
David Hu, "Blessing in Disguise."Ash, "At My Wits' End." Geneviève Goggin, "Don't Shoot...I'm a Biologist."
Mother
Adam Szudrich, "Jake's Room." Skye Morrissey, "(untitled)." Alix Born, "The Other Wedding Dress."
Spooked
Jim O'Loughlin, "Taken, or Not." Karly Pinch, "Cameron Bus Story." Melody Ann, "Babysitting Nightmare."
Stuck
Emily Kelsall, "Eagle Bluffs." Eleanor Novia, "[untitled]." Kathrin Lake, "My Spiderman."
Hair
T.J. Mair, "Hair Peace." Katherine Moore, "Breaking Bald." Maia Brundage, "Truth or Hair."
Mystery
Ann Burfeind, "Hamburger with my Mom." Al Tee, "Research." Bill Burnyeat, "Footwear."
Childhood
Reive Doig, "A Life in Transit." Michele Hall, "Gail Remembers 1947." Alix Born, "The Food Bank."
Wheels
Cory Branson, "Tricycle for Change." Shannon May Craig, "Road Bingo." Karen Spears, "Bike Power."
Fairy Tales
Phyllis Graham, "The Hairy Princess." E.E. King, "A Fairy Tale." Leslie Stark, "Aflynn."
Mexico
Kathrin Lake, "Siesta Sex." Mike Funergy, "Terlingua." Zed Payne, "Mexican Arrest."
2020 Contest Winners
The first, second, and third place winners of our recent short story contest, plus the first runner-up. Christopher Taylor, "Kung Fu Magic." Nat Jategaonkar, "Hungry." Stephen B. Pearl, "Elf's Truth.' Dick Cummings, "Channeling My Inner McMurphy at Key West High."
2020 Shortlist
Three runner-up stories from our second short story contest. Stephen B. Pearl, "The Single Life." Bill Burnyeat, "The Reporter." Sherry MacDonald, "Dial Tone."
Annoying
Shlomo McPeake, "Feng Shui or the Highway." Al Tee, "Vampire Bob." Torsten Schoeneberg, "Brenda Craigdarroch Once Gave a Jigsaw Puzzle."
Good Deeds
Katlyn Townson, "Dreaming in Reality." Tyler Gooden, "Doug the DooDoo Bug." Bill Burnyeat, "Chicago Confidential."
Jerks
Zed Payne, "Straight Man." Leslie Stark, "The Election of Ronald Dump." Dick Cummins, "Rudeness: A Small Man's Imitation of Power."
Favors
Robert Bockstael, "Her Denim Blue Eyes." Sara Marrocco, "Grocery Shop." Tyler Gooden, "A Jacket for the Crisis."
Dogs
Bryant Ross, "Good Dog." Clark Antonich, "Sputnik's New Home." Bill Burnyeat, "Dog Days."
Magic
Brendan Reid, "The Tapestry." Susan Cormier, "(If I Could) Turn Back Time." Christopher Taylor, "Foiling Curses."
Music
Griffin, "Jagged Little Melody." Ilana Labow, "Peace Train." Clark Antonich, "Sing Out Strong."
Mythology
E.E. King, "The Island of Leah." Bill Burnyeat, "The Falling House that Never Falls." J.P. Lorence, "Echo."
Starstruck
Leslie Stark, "Drake Eats Poutine." Erin Meehakopp, "Ryan Reynolds Ruined My Life." Dick Cummins, "I'm Sorry to Say this Mr Yamamoto - But it's Unlikely He'll Be Coming Back."
Married
Sherry MacDonald, "Hot Milk." Marylee Stephenson, "Partner of 51 Years." L.C., "The Death Threat."
Illegal
Robert Bockstael, "Hurry." Dick Cummins, "The Lure of Easy Money." Jim Murray, "Lobsterman." Plus: the opening of our second short story contest.
Bottoms Up
Soo Jeong, "Natasha. " Clark Antonich, "Family in the End." Maia Brundage, "P is for Pants."
Bullied
Erik Traulsen, "My Favorite Kind of Memory." T.J. Mair, "Fap Boy Slim." Jeff Rotin, "Bottom of the Ninth."