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

Burlington, VT

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

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

Enfield, NH
Brace Yourself
Two Women Leave Prison.
by Kendall Madden

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

Hanover, NH

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

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

Our Last Dance
Another Chance at Prom.
by Julia Danford

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

Lebanon, NH

Elaine
I was never sure she was telling me the whole truth.
by Libby Goldman

Above All, Make No Reference to Mysticism

An Unscientific Investigation of Magic and Medicine.
by Madison Pauly

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

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

Kings of the Counter
After the Fire, Bacon, and Eggs.
by Lindsay Ellis
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No Pain, Really Soon
This is where the facts end.
by Rianna Pauline Starheim
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Tiny Birthday
24 Weeks and 3 Days Old, and Counting.
by Laina Richards

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

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

Lyme, NH

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

Manchester, NH

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

Montpelier, VT
Free Vermont!
In the Vermont woods, the political spectrum wraps back around on itself.
by Andrew Lohse
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Norwich, VT
Another Woman's Field
Dreaming of farms on borrowed land.
by Lexi Krupp

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

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

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West Lebanon, NH

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

Wasted
Trash expands. It'll fill all the space you give it.
by Kelsey Stimson

White River Junction, VT

A Lonely X
Small Town Speed Dating.
by Eva Xiao

Children of the Haven
A shelter for rural and small town homeless children.
by Lindsay MacMillan

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

Going Back Around
Adventures in Beading.
by Catherine Treyz

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

Woodstock, VT
Widow of Soc Trang Tiger
Riding With the Patriot Guard.
by Lauren Vespoli
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