Ascent – ASCENT

Ago

Posted on May 25, 2021

Ago by A. Molotkov Do you rememberthat dog? How carelessly it leapedinto its own shortening future, each moment brightlike a winter star. How it chased the ball...

Ascent/Essays

The Love Island Watchers in C3

Posted on May 25, 2021

The Love Island Watchers in C3 by Sonja Flancher I was taking out the trash, standing on the landing between apartments C3 and C4, when I heard his voice. I pau...

Ascent/Fiction

Banished

Posted on May 25, 2021

Banished by Marian Thurm At first he’d expected to be in mourning for the rest of his life; after all, his marriage to Amy had lasted forty-three years, mostly ...

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Refusing Silence

Posted on September 25, 2020

Refusing Silence by Catherine Mauk It was a wet morning in Oslo in late July, 2015. The rock face along Uranienborg velen where the road had been cut, glistened...

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Open Case

Posted on September 25, 2020

Open Case by Dan Campion Black, glossy squares of tile set offthe window of the jewelry shop,inside which navy velvet showsoff opals, diamonds, pearls, and gold...

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Repousse

Posted on September 25, 2020

Repoussé by Dan Campion We don’t like ornament.Flat metal sheetjust off the rollers is ideal,glass paneunbeveled and unstained.They look completeto us. Like Sha...

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The Song Inside

Posted on September 25, 2020

The Song Inside by Jeff McRae You remember? Luke sees Leia in the real first movie while he’s hanging out in the garage setting up his horn—she p...

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Beloved Son

Posted on September 25, 2020

Beloved SonSenzhen, China by Julie L. Moore The newspaper photo exposes the hospital hallway:eleven-year-old Liang Yaoyilies on a gurney, shrouded in green shee...

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The Battle

Posted on September 25, 2020

The Battle by Rebecca Reynolds Helen should have prayed before they left. In the morning, toasting waffles and gathering shoes and packing a tote bag with juice...

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Sunday Driver

Posted on September 25, 2020

Sunday Driver by John Hazard When Weber dictates to Maud, his car’s robot girl, his favorite command is Show Map. He drops his voice to a baritone when he talks...