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Title | Author


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 Above All, Make No Reference to Mysticism
An Unscientific Investigation of Magic and Medicine. 
by Madison Pauly

A Lonely X
Small Town Speed Dating.
by Eva Xiao

Another Woman's Field
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Dreaming of farms on borrowed land.
by Lexi Krupp

B

Brace Yourself 
Two Women Leave Prison.
by Kendall Madden


C

The Call
"We only have one ambulance in eight towns in the middle of the night."
​by Katelin Moody
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Children of the Haven 
A shelter for rural and small town homeless families.
​by Lindsay MacMillan

D

Dark Shit
Small town dive bar where the locals like to joke about suicide. But talk is cheap, right?
by Jamie Alliotts

The Doctor Who Fixed Me With the Spoon Was Wearing That Smock 
What's It Like to Be a Ghost in a Hospital?
​by Stephanie Barnhart

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F

Free Vermont!
Up in the Vermont woods, the political spectrum wraps back around on itself.
by Andrew Lohse

G

Going Back Around
​Adventures in Beading.
by Catherine Treyz

H

Hotline
Night and Day With the Only 24-7 Suicide Call Center in Vermont and New Hampshire.
by Taylor Malmsheimer

H.O.W.L.
Women need a place they can swim naked.
by Annie Gardner

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K

Kings of the Counter 
After the Fire, Bacon and Eggs.
​by Lindsay Ellis


L

The Littlest Things
What it means to witness.
​by Jenna van de Ruit


M

The Max Grindr Experience
Why Do Gay Men Always End Up Talking About Dicks?
by Max Gibson

Meat
It's a circus of gore and death, and all are welcome.
by Carl Neisser

Men Who Knit With Warren
If life is a week, John is living his Friday night.
by Sam Van Wetter

Montage of Heck
It's a world of uncertainty you're trying to get into, by the way.
​by Sarah Khatry

N

No Pain, Really Soon
This is where the facts end.
​by Rianna Pauline Starheim

O

One of Ten Things
By 'overcome it,' I mean I'm not dead yet.
by Lisa Carson

Opportunity Cost 
The Clerk, the Thief, and the Broker.
by Stephanie Ng

Our Last Dance 
​Another Chance at Prom.
by Julia Danford

P

Peggy
​The pain wasn't always so obvious.
by Rebecca Flowers
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S

The Shady Lady 
​Children of the Transient Motel.
by Leo Valdes

T

T-E-C-U-M-S-E-H 
But Not Like William Tecumseh Sherman
by Nate Kania

Tiny Birthday 
​24 Weeks and 3 Days Old, and Counting.
by Laina Richards

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V

Vermontasaurus, Aloft
The goal is just to soar.
by Nate Kania

The Vixens
A rookie skates rural roller derby.
by Eva Xiao

W

Waiting for the Kingdom
Conspirators in a Secret World.
by Miriam Kilimo

Wasted
Trash Expands. It'll Fill All the Space You Give It.
by Kelsey Stimson

Widow of Soc Trang Tiger 
Riding with the Patriot Guard.
by Lauren Vespoli

Would You Go Home with a Stranger?
​A Radical Former Soap Star Sets the Author Free. Maybe.
by Katie Kilkenny

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