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TIM BOITEAU: Three Meals

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At breakfast I am waiting for you to speak, but your nose is in your phone. At lunch you’re in a meeting in your office while I eat a chicken-salad sandwich at the kitchen island. At dinner you flick on the television and fail to hear me say, “I’m leaving.”

Tim Boiteau is a Writers of the Future winner and author of The Nilwere (Grendel Press, 2024).

CARLI WRIGHT: Break Up or Down?

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This morning, Sam left for good. Sarah’s mascara ran more than usual. Eventually, the gunk dried on her face like tea leaves in a cup. She tried to read the meanings but got frustrated and cried, ruining them.

No future is harder for a psychic to read than her own.

Carli Wright wrote this. She does a lot of stuff: films, music, photos, etc.