After Midnight
Issue I
Fall 2026

From the Editors
Dedication
Table of Contents
In this Issue
Creative Non-Fiction
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Protected: Fort Blount
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Fiction
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Protected: The Heatwave and the Handyman
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Protected: Project Maratus
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Protected: Hillock
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Protected: Someone’s Else’s Son
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Protected: When You Give A Mouse A Master Key
by Olivia WylieThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Margo Must Die
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Protected: One True Thing
by Vivienne LeeThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: The Big Fish Story
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Protected: Well, Don’t Let Me Keep You
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Protected: The Sailor
by MK WernerThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: My Hot Summer Friends
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Protected: Water Men
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Protected: Chronocide
by Haden CrossThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: The Red Ribbon
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Flash Fiction
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Protected: Vaguely Capitalist
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Protected: Folds
by Ian SacksThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: A Matter of Dragons
by Dean WellsThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Pedagogy
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Protected: Shame and Its Vicissitudes: Power, Oppression, and the Possibility of Transformation
by Mike RifinoTags: college, higher education, issue I, learning, Pedagogy, shame, students, syllabus, teacher, teaching, universityThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Tags: college, community college, higher education, identity, issue I, learning, Pedagogy, self discovery, students, teacher, teachingThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Poetry
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Protected: A Cold Case on a Sunny Day
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Protected: The Margin
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Protected: Rain Date
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Protected: For decoration only
by Selena CotteThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: If I Had Stayed in Venice
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Protected: Abecedarian: Wistful Warrior — Shelley Ann Beattie
Tags: abecedarian, biography, bipolar disorder, bodybuilder, deaf, issue I, mental illness, Ms. Olympia, ode to, PoetryThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Ruled by the head and fuelled by the heart
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Protected: Behind the Foreman’s Back
by Juanita ReyThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: The Housekeeper
by Juanita ReyThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Local Customs
by John GreyThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: That Slut, Insomnia
by John DavisThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Crime Stopper
by John DavisThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Protected: Ciphers
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Protected: Pick Your Own
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Protected: If You Leave Me
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Protected: damn, you live like this?
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Protected: The Fox
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