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After Midnight

Issue I

Fall 2026

From the Editors

Dedication

Table of Contents

  • After Midnight
  • From the Editors
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • In this Issue
  • Book Reviews
  • Creative Non-Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Flash Fiction
  • Pedagogy
  • Poetry

In this Issue

Creative Non-Fiction

  • Protected: Fort Blount

    by Amanda J. Marshall
    Tags: childhood, Creative Non-fiction, issue I, memoir, memory, personal

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Fiction

  • Protected: The Heatwave and the Handyman

    by Kristina Hutchinson
    Tags: Fiction, heat, issue I, romance, spicy

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  • Protected: Project Maratus

    by Jack Nachwalter
    Tags: Fiction, horror, issue I, mental illness, Science Fiction

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  • Protected: Hillock

    by Heather D. Norton
    Tags: fantasy, Fiction, issue I, war

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  • Protected: Someone’s Else’s Son

    by Anthony D Redden
    Tags: Fiction, issue I, Speculative

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  • Protected: When You Give A Mouse A Master Key

    by Olivia Wylie
    Tags: fae, Fiction, gremlin, issue I, urban fantasy

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  • Protected: Margo Must Die

    by Garrett Rowlan
    Tags: Experimental Fiction, Fiction, issue I, Los Angeles, satire

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  • Protected: One True Thing

    by Vivienne Lee
    Tags: Character Driven, Fiction, issue I, pilot, plane, Science Fiction

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  • Protected: The Big Fish Story

    by Mike Trippiedi
    Tags: Fiction, horror, humor, issue I, monsters, south

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  • Protected: Well, Don’t Let Me Keep You

    by Richard Sambasivam
    Tags: Fiction, issue I, literary fiction, masculinity, travel

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  • Protected: The Sailor

    by MK Werner
    Tags: Fiction, gothic, issue I, painting

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  • Protected: My Hot Summer Friends

    by Alex Gonzalez
    Tags: Fiction, issue I, luminaries, Thriller

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  • Protected: Water Men

    by Taylor Hagood
    Tags: Fiction, horror, issue I

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  • Protected: Chronocide

    by Haden Cross
    Tags: fantasy, Fiction, horror, issue I

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  • Protected: The Red Ribbon

    by Monika Hofman
    Tags: death, Fiction, grief, horror, issue I

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Flash Fiction

  • Protected: Vaguely Capitalist

    by Robert Ellison
    Tags: elevator, Flash Fiction, issue I, literary fiction

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  • Protected: Folds

    by Ian Sacks
    Tags: father, Flash Fiction, horror, issue I, suspense

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  • Protected: A Matter of Dragons

    by Dean Wells
    Tags: comedy, dragons, fantasy, Flash Fiction, humor, issue I

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Pedagogy

  • Protected: Shame and Its Vicissitudes: Power, Oppression, and the Possibility of Transformation

    by Mike Rifino
    Tags: college, higher education, issue I, learning, Pedagogy, shame, students, syllabus, teacher, teaching, university

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  • Protected: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

    by Giselle Galindo
    Tags: college, community college, higher education, identity, issue I, learning, Pedagogy, self discovery, students, teacher, teaching

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Poetry

  • Protected: A Cold Case on a Sunny Day

    by Tim Thornburgh
    Tags: detective, issue I, murder, Poetry, Thriller

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  • Protected: The Margin

    by Simon MacCulloch
    Tags: issue I, odyssey, Poetry, rhyming, sea

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  • Protected: Rain Date

    by Simon MacCulloch
    Tags: death, issue I, memory, Poetry, rhyming

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  • Protected: For decoration only

    by Selena Cotte
    Tags: dentist, issue I, memory, Poetry, teeth

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  • Protected: If I Had Stayed in Venice 

    by Marietta Calvanico
    Tags: issue I, memory, personal, Poetry, Venice

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  • Protected: Abecedarian: Wistful Warrior — Shelley Ann Beattie

    by LindaAnn LoSchiavo
    Tags: abecedarian, biography, bipolar disorder, bodybuilder, deaf, issue I, mental illness, Ms. Olympia, ode to, Poetry

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  • Protected: Ruled by the head and fuelled by the heart 

    by Lauren Schaefer
    Tags: issue I, love, Poetry, rhyming, romance

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  • Protected: Behind the Foreman’s Back

    by Juanita Rey
    Tags: disabled, Dominican republic, issue I, literary, Poetry

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  • Protected: The Housekeeper

    by Juanita Rey
    Tags: costa rica, housekeeper, issue I, literary, Poetry

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  • Protected: Local Customs

    by John Grey
    Tags: Americana, festival, issue I, Poetry, small town

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  • Protected: That Slut, Insomnia

    by John Davis
    Tags: insomnia, issue I, Poetry, siren, sleep

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  • Protected: Crime Stopper

    by John Davis
    Tags: clue, detective, issue I, Poetry, Thriller

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  • Protected: Ciphers

    by Christine Jackson
    Tags: death, issue I, luminaries, memory, Poetry, Santa Fe

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  • Protected: Pick Your Own

    by Christine Jackson
    Tags: issue I, memory, Poetry, rain, Thanksgiving

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  • Protected: If You Leave Me

    by Angelica Cristina Vega
    Tags: alone, issue I, literary, Poetry, regret

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  • Protected: damn, you live like this?

    by Hannah Clare Jellen
    Tags: depression, issue I, mental illness, Poetry, suicidal ideation

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  • Protected: The Fox

    by Adele Cosgrove-Bray
    Tags: fox, issue I, nature, night, Poetry

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