"Are you scared?" I ask Dad over the phone.
"What do I have to be scared about?" he says. "We're locked in our rooms."
He's always been tough like that, stoic, but I wish I could see his face, hug
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Nathan Alling Long
Nathan is the author of a collection of fifty short fictions, The Origin of Doubt, a Lambda Award finalist, and As Is: Essays on a Queer Life( 2025 C&R Press). His work appears in over 100 publications. A recipient of a Truman Capote Fellowship, a Mellon Foundation grant, and four Pushcart nominations, Nathan teaches at Stockton University and lives in Philadelphia.
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A Box of Things
"She's a difficult pleasure," I said of my ex-wife. I was standing at the front door of her house, talking to her new partner, Sammy, a woman. My ex-wife, Lily, was not there.
We both took in
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Fred Is (Not) an Arsonist
Fred is an arsonist—and, Fred is not an arsonist. Let me explain: Fred has thought of fire, its power and grace, for a long time. Perhaps since he was a child. He often watched fires, mesmerized ... [+]