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SYMPTOMS
By Mather Schneider
Mather Schneider is this month’s winner of $640.00 for a story about knowing what to do.
July Statistics
The Orange
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often...
Forgive and Forget
By Chris Britt
Chris Britt is this month’s winner of $620.00 for a story about childhood innocence.
Please Use AI
Please Use AI
By Jo Atkins-Potts
Please use AI
when your mother dies.
Ask it what grief feels like.
Let it explain bereavement
in twelve clear bullet points.
Do not spend years
finding her
in the supermarket...
Angel Bay
By Rob Nisbet
Rob Nisbet is this month’s winner of $617.50 for a horror story set in an idyllic countryside.
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