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Rumpus Original Fiction: Curious

  • Nina Shope
  • March 27, 2023
It is a brutal awakening.
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Even the Moon

  • Esmé-Michelle Watkins
  • March 13, 2023
When you finished, several minutes passed before we spoke. You dipped a finger in a pool of candle wax. How could I know this was the only real secret you’d ever kept?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: All This Will Be Underwater

  • Erin Gravley
  • March 6, 2023
I typed, Are you aging? Are you tired and worn? Do you spend all your time fretting about the fine lines on your face and how they foretell the slow and steady march toward death or, worse, that moment when the world will turn its eyes from your old & unbeautiful face?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Litany of Invisible Things

  • Vincent Anioke
  • February 27, 2023
The sound of love: you and him. Once upon a time.
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Lunch Money

  • Gabrielle Rucker
  • February 20, 2023
Out here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Run, Sister

  • Lindsay Haber
  • February 13, 2023
“You better start running,” he says, as he takes the hammer from its peg. “Your lucky hammer!” he yells.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Country People Work

  • Stephanie Mullings
  • February 6, 2023
Wider. 
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Career Day

  • Jiordan Castle
  • January 30, 2023
It was too late for Lucy to be whatever she wanted. All she could do was be herself.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Daughterhouse

  • Kelly X. Hui
  • January 23, 2023
When things begin disappearing from the house, I know what is happening. My mother has always been good at taking what she is owed.
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)

  • Joseph Santaella Vidal
  • January 16, 2023
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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A crescent moon juxtaposed against the image of the sun
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Good Little Animals

  • Steph Wong Ken
  • January 9, 2023
“No remedy will undo your bad choices, or your addiction to sugar. And you can’t afford my prices anyway.”
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Niyah Morris

  • Niyah Morris
  • January 2, 2023
The lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
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