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Short Story (to 10,000 words)

September 12, 2026

Prose discourse|Fiction|Novel Excerpt||James Joaquin Brewer||TELEMACHUS CONSULTS MENELAUS|(Re A Ranger: Rust and Recreation)|(a self-contained chapter from Dublin Downs,|an experimental novel based on The Odyssey)

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September 10, 2026

Prose Discourse|Fiction|Short Story to 7,500 Words||Thomas Orange||”The Lice Assassins”

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August 14, 2026

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words|Experimental Forms (XP)||Gabriele Micozzi|”The Office of Human Remaining”

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June 2, 2026

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Ricardo Bernhard|”Simultanergy”

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January 5, 2026

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Jennifer Celeste|”FROM THE MOUNTAIN MEN”

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October 19, 2025

Americana|Prose Discourse|Short Fiction to 5,000 words||Jason Thornberry|”Saint Rudy”

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August 23, 2025

Prose Discourse: Creative Nonfiction to 10,000 words|Essay/Memoir/Vignette||Sidney Burris|”Counting the Metaphors”

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August 16, 2025

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Experimental Fiction (XP)|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Adam John Wilshaw|”PODCAST ICARUS”

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July 19, 2025

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Craig Proffitt|”A HOUSE BUILT FROM THE UNIVERSE”

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May 22, 2025

Prose Discourse: Fiction|Short Story to 10,000 Words||Joshua Sastre|”Finished”

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