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Posted on Mar 21, 2019May 2, 2019 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Healing a Decaying Body by Nazanin Soghrati

The year cancer floods my grandfather’s lungs I unspool myself on the dinner table and let my body decay in the open air I wring …

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Posted on Jul 6, 2017Aug 21, 2017 by: Saoirse Pagel

‘Kiss and Cry’ Review: Not Another Cancer Movie

We’ve seen it before time and time again. The doomed love stories. I suppose there is a strange pull toward the idea of sitting in …

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Posted on May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Finally, Goodbye by Lyra Zapanta

This story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . He couldn’t cry for months. Not “didn’t” but …

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Posted on Dec 8, 2016Jan 24, 2017 by: Germ Magazine guest author

An Open Letter to Cancer

Dear Cancer, I never wanted to talk to you. In fact, if possible I never want to hear your name ever again. Not in the …

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Posted on Jul 21, 2016Aug 15, 2016 by: Germ Magazine guest author

For the Fish by Sarah Sullivan

Trevor sat on the worn dock, dangling his toes into the water and looking at everything but the girl beside him. “Stop that,” Lilly said. …

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Posted on Mar 25, 2016 by: Germ Magazine guest author

The Girl with the Red Scarf by Leah Harter

This is one of the February Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story.   Scarlett was perhaps the most terrifying person …

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Posted on Jan 25, 2016Feb 21, 2016 by: Olivia Punch

Girls Love Mail

In a general sense, everyone loves mail, don’t they? Maybe we don’t care for the sight of student loan due dates piling up on our …

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Posted on Aug 27, 2015Aug 26, 2015 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Her Smile by Jana Mommaerts

“Her Smile” is one of the July Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. I felt the hay against my feet …

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Posted on Aug 15, 2015Sep 6, 2015 by: Germ Magazine guest author

Love Is a Lesion on Your Brain by Courtney Birst

When the headaches started again you offered Ibuprofen and understanding and drawn shades. When a train wreck woke me in the middle of the night, …

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