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Sparks Alive Through Severed Phonelines by Evan Noren
Nine Deadly Sins on I-55 by J. Newman Pritchard
Against Cancel Culture: Art as Conversation by Justine Payton
Announcing the Inaugural $3000 Strange Pilgrims Prize
Editorial Transparency & Fairness
The Glass Squid by Marianne Daigh
The Museum of Doors | The Museum of Cats by GennaRose Nethercott
Fragments of Adele by Fleming Meeks
We Need To Tell Better Stories About Science by Liza Katz Duncan
Original Ideas by Hugh Behm-Steinberg
Lit Theory 101 | Voice, Consciousness & Distance
Writing Exercises to Practice the 3 Types of Focalization & Learn About Narrative Voice
Theme Announcement for May’s Micro of the Month
Mr. Potato Head by Meg Pokrass
The Last Dinner Party by Joel Cuthbertson
Introducing Strange Pilgrims Club
Etymology of a Bear by Matty Layne Glasgow
Announcing Free Writing Challenge: Micro of the Month
How to Carry by Jill Kolongowski
A Brief History of Werewolves by Gwen C. Katz
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For My Sister, Who Put an End to My Existential Crisis by Aimee Wai
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Two Catherines by Caroline Beuley
Life: A Review by Charlie Ericson
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Metamorphosis on Hill 88 by Hannah Levy
Consider the Eagle by Lincoln Michel
To Whom it May Concern by Plangdi Neple
Brief, Generalized Tremors by C.R. Calabria