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Category Archive: Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue

The Last Morning

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You know how a cat will suddenly sit up and focus intently on nothing? Like its seeing ghosts […]

Chicago Literati December 15, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

A Break by Amy Dupcak

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I knew it was coming before he walked through my door. For one week I’d been waiting. I […]

Chicago Literati December 14, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Essays, Feature Issues

10 Things: Fortune Cookie Fortune #11 by Lynn Sloan

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Corinne raced between the closing doors of the subway train. Two empty seats, one next to a drunk, […]

Chicago Literati December 14, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

Her Giant Sequoia by Alice Kaltman

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If only Ryan could stop crying, but the damn tears keep coming, gushing like geysers, dribbling down hot […]

Chicago Literati December 9, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

Paper Snowflakes by Mikaela Shea

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  The coffee shop sat on the edge of the city, where nobody would recognize us, making me […]

Chicago Literati December 8, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

Moving Backward by Will Radke

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I show up at our apartment with a bunch of boxes. It’s still our apartment, that’s what we […]

Chicago Literati December 8, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

Place Values by Nicole Nelson

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  “It’s Day 100, kids!” Mrs. Kroll said, reaching deep into her belly for enthusiasm that they expected […]

Chicago Literati December 8, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

Stewing by AprilJo Murphy

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  It’s the small victories, the small viciousness, that make proper revenge. I’d started cooking as soon as […]

Chicago Literati December 2, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Essays, Feature Issues

Never Love by Dick Carmel

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“If you don’t move faster, the door is going to close on us.” Edna pulled her husband forward […]

Chicago Literati December 2, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

It Falls Away Slowly by Brandon Taylor

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  Henry is in the kitchen making coffee for the two of them. David lies on his back […]

Chicago Literati December 1, 2015 Damaged Goods: The Break-Up Issue, Feature Issues, Fiction

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