Rumpus Original Fiction: New Build
“What do we do about the new build?” I ask. “Do we finish it? Sell it? Finish it, then sell it?”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Purity Party
I used to be able to teach sex without thinking about sex.
He’s Funny That Way
A week before our reception, three days married, I beckon Peter to come listen to the song I’ve chosen for our first dance.
With Great Devotion: Julie Marie Wade’s Same-Sexy Marriage
Ultimately, this is a story in which redemption is not a possibility.
The Abattoir
This is what my mother doesn’t want me to see: the death rattle in a forbidden room. This is what she doesn’t want me to know: how one life is sacrificed for another to live.
Hey Ladies in Waiting
I know lots of people/the international press is making a huge deal out of everything, but it's still just me, your girl Meghan, and my fiancé, His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales.
TORCH: Over the Borderline
I'm writing about the border through the eyes of children because the border is a problem of the imagination.
I Will Not Die for You
Each bug in the water is one less bug on my fruit, I tell myself, ignoring the truth: under the soil, another is born.
If You Are Abandoned
My uncle and I had shared many silences together and, in those silences, I felt as if we knew each other.
A List of Concerns
I’m not sure how it happened, but I’ve ventured beyond what I came to see. The end of the road, the limitless sky—I still haven’t found our prairie.