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- Orange Lipstick
- I can beat the shit out of him. Those were her words. By Keren Douek. Date: 10/1/05
- The Lovely Margolia
- I’m bleeding to death. You bleed less upside down, Curtis Maxwell says, giving the bull’s-eye a half spin. By Robert Caporale. Date: 10/1/05
- Excuses
 - Sometimes Ricky wants to evaporate. This morning, and a lot of mornings lately, he wakes up and something isn’t right. By Sally Hilton. Date: 11/15/04
- Cruel Love
 - Mrs. Herrmans touched my hand. I made an excuse about meeting someone, then pulled on my jacket. By Tony O'Brien. Date: 11/15/04
- Two Fish
- I never tell you about my dreams. Well that says it all, doesn't it, said Norah. I mean, that about wraps it up. By Brendan McKennedy. Date: 03/1/04
- Finding Albert Redwine
- His kid sister had a thing for me. She was petite but sometimes I called her the featherweight champ. By Jon Boilard. Date: 12/1/03
- Employee-Manager Relations
- He calls me a sadist. And after, he always says it is the last time. By Aryn Kyle. Date: 09/1/03
- Girl
- Today I'll burn his picture. I'll move on, move on, move on. By Sarah Arellano. Date: 09/1/03
- Chickadees
- I won't hurt you, little bird. All I had to do was close my fingers into a fist and squeeze until I heard the bones crack. By Stephen Young. Date: 09/1/03
- A Sudden Education
- I was born with a mouse's tongue. And I've got the legs of a moose, the face of a walrus, the ears of an African hyena. By Mark Rigney. Date: 06/1/03
- Small Kindness
- This was how it would begin. Guttural compliments, rough, impatient kisses, then his hand, unstoppable, uncaring. By Elizabeth Real. Date: 06/1/03
- Games
- He appeared at my door, unannounced. Our mouths together tasted like the surface of a bar. By Sarah Arellano. Date: 03/1/03
- Heat Lightning
- Frog hunting on the lake. I'd never been on a date before, nor had I been so intimate with frogs. By Hiyaguha Cohen. Date: 03/1/03
- Record Shop Girl
- I play for what I have lost, led along by the sheer weight of memory, for this sister who inhabits my dreams. By Kirk Nesset. Date: 03/1/03
- Vermilion Bay
- Wrong time, right place. Louis forgets about the catfish when red-haired Margie makes a surprise landing. By O'Neil De Noux. Date: 11/1/02
- My Left Shoe
- What would you do for love? The missing shoe, the ugly roommate, the stroke of midnight. By Mark Budman. Date: 11/1/02
- Border Pieces
- Do you understand now, like I do? I loved this girl, my Theresa, who never felt that of me, who wanted to die so. By Josh Capps. Date: 08/1/02
- The Dentist in Zaire
- Heartsick in deep darkest Africa, I sat waiting for the cows to come home, for the world to stop spinning, so I could get the hell off. By Bob Thurber. Date: 08/1/02
- This and That
- I deserted her at a filling station. I sat for a few minutes gnawing the sides of my tongue, then pulled away fast. By Brendan McKennedy. Date: 05/1/02
- What Needs to Be Done
- It would never be enough - even if she pretended love , even if her husband never found out. By Rusty Barnes. Date: 03/1/02
- Stomach
 - Cynthia left him for a movie star. He'd vowed never to refuse her, but how much bounce did he have left in him? By Ramona Barckert. Date: 02/1/02
- Defect
- We lay together, not touching. And all I could do was think bad things about myself. By Steve McNeill. Date: 12/1/01
- Notes on a Tuesday Date
- Nonchalance links my two lives. And we still think we make even God hold his breath. By Patti See. Date: 12/1/01
- Distilled Spirits
- You look and you look. You wonder what you're looking for, then you realize you ain't going to find it. By Jerry Mansfield. Date: 11/1/01
- Night Lights
 - Fancy, chic, high-tech compatibility. Some people will try anything to find their perfect match. By Robert Pesa. Date: 09/1/01
- After the Wink
- After forty, cheating is about visibility. To be seen for who you are and not for the person everyone thinks you are. By Carolyn Steele Agosta. Date: 07/1/01
- Faith, Love, Hope
- Love's on a downward trend. But I know how to kiss a market, how to snuggle it and exploit it and... By Tod Goldberg. Date: 07/1/01
- Done
- I should have seen this coming. You don't realize when you're teasing him that later it might come back and bite you. By Carol Church. Date: 06/1/01
- Quadrangle
- I like Ben - who loves Catherine who loves Robert - but nobody loves me. By Ruth Baxter. Date: 05/1/01
- Spark
- How did he make her want him so much? A freak accident turns into a sexy game of guess-my-name. By Karen Hertzberg. Date: 04/1/01
- Cold & Hot
- She's too insecure to tell him what she really wants - and too neurotic to understand she already has it. By Gretchen VanEsselstyn. Date: 03/1/01
- Institution
- Angela spiced his omelet with the pink bits of his toe. But Joseph didn't notice, he simply ate it up and smiled. By Stephany Aulenback. Date: 02/1/01
- Writer's Block
- Takes some time to learn things about your wife. Think you know her fine and then one day you step on her dead grandfather. By C.B. Mosher. Date: 12/1/00
- Static
- She knows he's going to call. She knows what he'll say. She just doesn't know if she can turn him away. By Karstin Painter. Date: 12/1/00
- In Real Life
- Years later, she still wishes what might have been. Ruth Baxter's story about a not-entirely unrequited love. Date: 11/1/00
- Imperfect Stranger
- Adam thinks all relationships are doomed. So he goes looking for the ideal woman, just to break up with her. By Andrew Gallix. Date: 09/1/00
- Working It Out
- The things you need to change, you must figure out yourself. Was Sam ready to save his marriage? By P.J. Lambrecht. Date: 06/1/00
- Loons
- New temptations to stray from commitment are inevitable - the trick is to resist them. By Jim Nichols. Date: 05/1/00
- Stop the River
- To hold off, for a moment, a fated choice between reason and love. By Amanda Nowlin. Date: 04/3/00
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