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Halloween

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Halloween Costumes That Say: “I Understand And Am Definitely Not Threatened by Gen Z”

  • Jen Winston & Olivia de Recat
  • November 18, 2022
Absolutely, definitely not threatened at all.
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  • Brandon Hicks
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The Four Witches – a Halloween Poem

  • Brandon Hicks
  • October 24, 2021
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Writing Down the Shadows: Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror

  • A. Poythress
  • March 24, 2021
We get to devour our horror from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes.
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Nightmares Before Christmas

  • Tabitha Blankenbiller
  • December 8, 2020
No one is coming to save us but ourselves.
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Like a Kid Again

  • Brandon Hicks
  • October 4, 2020
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  • Brandon Hicks
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What Trick ‘r Treating Felt Like

  • Brandon Hicks
  • October 27, 2019
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Lavaliere

  • MH Rowe
  • October 31, 2018
Every monster has a history with another monster.
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  • Marissa Korbel
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The Thread: Dress Codes

  • Marissa Korbel
  • October 16, 2018
How much of gender and identity is about dressing up as the part?
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Dawn of The Sexy: A Halloween Story

  • Brandon Hicks
  • October 14, 2018
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This Is What I Get for Wanting

  • Jenni Miller
  • February 14, 2018
When I cried over the phone, asking him if he was dumping me, he said in his gentle voice, “Sweetheart, we weren’t really a thing yet.”
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R.I.P.: Who Died in This House?

  • Lee Matalone
  • October 30, 2017
Death stigmatizes a property. I also believe that it stigmatizes a person.
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FUNNY WOMEN #156: Fall Activities Adjusted for Global Warming

  • Jane Garfinkel
  • September 19, 2017
Due to rising sea levels, most orchards have been flooded. Instead of apple picking, grab a canoe large enough for the whole family and climb aboard.
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