STRANGER. It is eight in the morning, and I have already caused a scene with my carelessness. Lack of sleep makes me stupid, or perhaps that’s just me. The reason doesn’t matter (not now, at […]
Category: Fiction
Mr. Big Shit (D.T. Robbins)
A quick note from M.M. Carrigan (Editor Grande Supreme of TBQ): Sometimes we tell a collective story. Rejection Letters tells a story of outsiderness, rejection. These stories exist outside TBQ, outside RL, outside any journal. […]
If I Am A Fool (Sean Ennis)
I was watching the Impeachment when the dog walked through the room and it occurred to me that golden retrievers are supposed to be nice. That dogs understand and appreciate they’ve been rescued is not […]
The Haunted Omentum (Katie Piper)
My abdomen is haunted; riddled with girl corpses, none of them fully developed. They gaggle around in my omentum – the slippery curtain that hangs like an apron, sailing over my intestines. They cackle and […]
Mermaid Girlfriend (M. S.)
You said the sea called out to you. That the water held magic and you had to be a part of that beauty. I didn’t want to seem like a schmuck. Dark clouds were filling […]
Meal Planning
He says, I was thinking of socks and salad for dinner. I’ve just put our daughter down for a nap. I’ve just collected the dishes from lunch. Right? He asks. It’s been a while since […]
Note on a Countertop (Before Leaving for College)
Child, I have, at times, gotten into cars with people I didn’t know – though that night in Italy shouldn’t count. The unreliable trains, the language barrier, the parade of catcalls, muscled forearms proffered by dashing […]
The Games Ladies Play, or Some Men Haven’t Got A Clue
Muah! Darlings, wonderful to meet you! I’m so glad you all signed up for my seminar today with me, the infamous Mrs. White! You ladies can call me Blanche, and while some time has passed […]
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s’up I have a mtg soon need to prep u always have a mtg or an appt or need to boost your bromance ur such a bitch why fight with me when I’m […]
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