Shorty has a secret, a friend dies but who killed him? Will Shorty's career at WSU survive another year or will he finally fulfill his dream. Does any one have a private life in America?

"A gift . . . One wonders how the world might be different if works in The Best American Nonrequired Reading were indeed required." — USA TodaySarah Vowell, author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and other best-selling titles "gilded with snark, buoyant on charm" (NPR), worked with the students of the 826 Valencia writing lab to edit this year's anthology. They compiled new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-d...

Lauren and Vic were high school sweethearts until her desire to succeed in business and his desire to escape his hellish home life drove them apart. Now, seventeen years later during a chance business meeting the two have crossed paths. Surely it is no mere coincidence after all this time? They rekindle their old spark and the heat is kicked up when they're together! But all is not what is seems.

The March/April 2017 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Beth Cato, Stephen Graham Jones, JY Yang, Sarah Pinsker, and S. Qiouyi Lu, reprinted fiction by Kameron Hurley, essays by Sam J. Miller, Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, Shveta Thakrar, Dawn Xiana Moon, and Paul Booth, poetry by Cassandra Khaw, Brandon O’Brien, Bogi Takács, and Lisa M. Bradley, interviews with Stephen Graham Jones and Sarah Pinsker by Julia Rios, a cover by Julie Dillon, and an...

Some people might think it’s odd when a teenage boy starts making movies of his classmates kissing. But in A PLACE TO LIVE, the aspiring filmmaker’s project turns into a compelling protest against authoritarianism that could get him kicked out of school, and expose his surprising feelings for his best friend.

The Adventures of Hope is a story about a dog and her love for her family. Hope is a very fierce and loyal dog who has taken it upon herself to be the protector of the children as they venture into the world full of unforeseen dangers; Hope is there to protect them and keep them safe, at all costs.

Do you feel like people step all over you (or are you kind of the one doing the stepping)? Do you struggle with saying no without guilt and yes without resentment? THE BOUNDARIES SONG can help you figure out where you end and the rest of the world begins. From the 'This or Prozac' series by Matt Prager - short focused advice for everyday life. Matt is a licensed therapist who offers dating coaching business coaching and phone therapy for both individuals and couples. He also offers ...

I reflect on my surroundings in this essay. I seek a deeper understanding of the gap between man and nature in a very confronting way, because not everything is as it seems. Are we all blind to the answers staring at us in the face?

The inmates are revolting, and it's not going to be pretty in this tension-filled escapade that might surprise you. Edge-of-your-seat action with a bit of humor thrown in.

Are you in a long distance relationship? Find out how you can make it work!Advanced communication capabilities have given us the power to choose where we can have jobs, but sometimes it just so happens that the one you love can not likewise be transplanted from his or her current station.Should that automatically mean the end of your relationship? Of course not.Distance is not only a spatial quantity but also an emotional one, too. You and your lover might be far fro...

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An article by USA Today Bestselling author Jaqueline Girdner on how to find your fiction characters and settings in everyday life.