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What Happened at the Zoo
“The balloon continued to expand until it was big enough for me to crawl inside and curl up like an embryo in a green rubber womb.”
post-coital conversation no. 5
“She watched him trot to the bathroom naked and thought of how strange his body looked. His four hairy legs were twice the size of her arms.”
The Novel I Don't Have Time to Write
“She wonders what curse this is, to swing from life to life, grief to grief, with no control.”
The Paper Man
“He said he made the cranes in order to make a wish, though he didn’t tell you what it was, only that it didn’t come true.”
Last Words
“Shit. I feel like I’m whispering all of this when I should really be shouting.”
Tiger On My Roof
At Dee’s funeral there would be wailing and crying and music and words, all of it insufficient, impotent, too late. Too many families, too many mothers I never met until that moment, and how do you introduce yourself, then? “I’m Mr. Orie; I taught Dee twice a week for his woodshop elective.”
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The winners of the 2026 Breakout Prize are Nico Amador in poetry, selected by Cynthia Cruz, and Imogen Osborne in prose, selected by Alexandra Kleeman.