Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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The Hot Topic, vol. 14: The Great Vibrating Duck Revolution of 2012

SEX

The decision over Plan B is enough to send Lana Fox bananas. Literally.

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Christmas 1984

MEMOIR

An old recording survives to tell a forgotten Christmas story.

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Look! A Giant Spaceship!

MEMOIR

A true story about a true story about a giant spaceship.

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The Potty-Mouth Pot

HUMOR

Dollar bills provide the incentive for a child to button up. The adults are not so trainable.

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Home for the Holidays

FLASH NONFICTION

Brian Eckert goes home. For the holidays. Poop talk ensues. But that’s not why he feels fifteen again.

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Displaced

MEMOIR

Angela Tung remembers two months away from home, her big feet, and a beautiful bride doll.

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How Karaoke Saved My Parents’ Marriage

MEMOIR

Angela Tung’s parents married because of music, but would it be enough to keep them together? Tung remembers the ups and downs of her parents’ marriage, from guitar lessons, to The Barbara Mandrell Show, to finally, the dreaded karaoke.

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Sharks

ESSAY

Florida, 1975. In need of some money to buy a shiny avocado green electric clothes dryer for her mother, Robin Antalek joins the local bad boys for some midnight shark fishing off the town pier.

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Closet Smoking

ESSAY

A.F. Passafiume remembers what it was like to hide her smoking habit–without much success–during her college years.

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