By: Betsey Swardlick

I thought it was an attack on the holiday itself.

By: Claire Zulkey

It reminds me so much of my father.

By: Tom Bartlett

To these conundrums we would respond, “You make a point.”

By: Charles Baxter

“This meteorite is priceless.”

By: Joe Wenderoth

Those in disagreement must find someone to stand Birdman for them.

By: Margot Livesey

“I want to count your fillings and lick your vvertebrae.”

By: Stacey Levine

I had a great pain to mitigate.

By: Toni Schlesinger

“You know, the candy heart that reads 4 U but without the U. What is it?”

By: Todd Pruzan

The senator screams at an octave nobody realized he could reach.

By: Miranda Mellis

Why the plastic sandwich, the rubber carrot and the brass apple?

By: Kevin Brockmeier

“Nothing about you is ordinary. Not to me.”

By: Jenny Hayes

The big one could jump higher, but the small one was the prettiest.

By: Dan Chaon

A prodding of synapse that hasn’t been awake for years.

By: Myla Goldberg

Say what you long to say.

By: Adam Davies

Some slight damage, consistent with the violence of the wreckage.