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A PERPETUAL STATE OF AWE

Published Nov 28, 2019 · 2,263 words (9 minutes) · 174 views

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We count to three and pull hard to gain an inch of light. The ice around the door gives, and a clump of snow is released. The fresh air feels nice for a moment, before it begins to bite at our cheeks. Yesterday’s snow is now an undercoat, and the powdery top layer glistens.

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Green

Published Nov 28, 2019 · 2,365 words (9 minutes) · 4 likes · 475 views

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Joseph’s only deviation from regulation minimalism is an illicit second bicycle... until he meets Alyssa, a dumpster-diving, live-streaming, crowd-funded wanderer.

Award-winning author Jen Knox hails from Ohio, and her work has been featured in The Best Small Fictions 2017, The Saturday Evening Post, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and NPR, among many others.

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West on N Road

Published Feb 12, 2019 · 3,746 words (14 minutes) · 141 views

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"Rattle walked the loop at sunrise and sunset. At dawn, he was quick-footed, ignoring joints that ached and scraped as though rusted. He pushed on, to the first big rock, shaking the bones and waking the tendons. The stiffness would ease after a quarter-mile."

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Our Sky, the Ocean

Published Dec 19, 2018 · 735 words (3 minutes) · 591 views

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Two sisters learn to see the world in new ways.

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Freight

Published Oct 28, 2018 · 4,487 words (17 minutes) · 351 views

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Molly's brother is taking a video game too far. It's up to her to stop him before he loses everything.

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Gather the Ingredients

Published Oct 10, 2018 · 5,838 words (22 minutes) · 239 views

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Lost Her Way

Published Oct 1, 2018 · 3,623 words (14 minutes) · 128 views

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The Glass City

Published May 22, 2018 · 2,813 words (11 minutes) · 4 likes · 1552 views

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Coming of age in a drought that dries up everything it touches in Ohio—conversation, camaraderie, and cookouts—author Jen Knox’s culinary protagonist contemplates the future of her home, her family, and her next meal in “The Glass City.” Jen Knox’s literary talents and breadth of work have earned her nominations for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Calvino prizes.

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Fortune in Smoke

Published May 22, 2018 · 1,933 words (8 minutes) · 222 views

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