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I Am Sentencing Little Red Riding Hood to Life in Prison for the Murder of the Big Bad Wolf

I Am Sentencing Little Red Riding Hood to Life in Prison for the Murder of the Big Bad Wolf

In this country wolves are innocent until you can prove the girls are innocent
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Saba Khonsari
An Honest ‘Studio for Rent’ Craigslist Ad in 2024

An Honest ‘Studio for Rent’ Craigslist Ad in 2024

If you think any of this is unfair, you should have bought a house when you were in middle school.
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Kari Goodbar
We Greatly Appreciated the Chance To Review Your Submission, However It Sucks

We Greatly Appreciated the Chance To Review Your Submission, Howeve...

Perhaps you should consider a career that doesn’t involve words
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Brian Pinaire
Fantasy Novel Titles Inspired by Everyday Life

Fantasy Novel Titles Inspired by Everyday Life

When you want to see a little more reality in your YA fiction
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Caroline Horwitz
Things You Shouldn’t Say to Your Depressed Friend Who Just Saw Cthulhu

Things You Shouldn’t Say to Your Depressed Friend Who Just Saw Cthulhu

The Old Ones mock your platitudes.
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Kyrie Gray
The Galactic Empire Would Like to Remind You of Its Terms Of Service

The Galactic Empire Would Like to Remind You of Its Terms Of Service

You signed the terms of service, and whether you read it or not, that gives us unlimited power to limit your legal rights.
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Alexis Tai
Which Monster Best Represents Your Role in the Friend Group?

Which Monster Best Represents Your Role in the Friend Group?

We’re all a bit of a beast on the inside, it’s just a matter of which one.
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Kyrie Gray
Send Us Only Your Best Work; We Are Not A Paying Market

Send Us Only Your Best Work; We Are Not A Paying Market

You will get two free copies, though
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Caleb Coy
I Will Die in This Starbucks Drive-Thru Before I Stoop to Going Inside

I Will Die in This Starbucks Drive-Thru Before I Stoop to Going Inside

You expect me to walk in on my legs? Like a Luddite?
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Caroline Horwitz
I Made It to the End of the Rainbow and Can’t Wait to Tell Everyone About It

I Made It to the End of the Rainbow and Can’t Wait to Tell Everyone...

I’m kind of a big deal
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Aaron Chown
Know Your Rights When You’re Friends with a Writer

Know Your Rights When You’re Friends with a Writer

An excerpt of some disclaimers and exclusions you’ll find in your contract
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Lily Hirsch
Calamity Emoticons Your Phone Desperately Needs

Calamity Emoticons Your Phone Desperately Needs

What to text when you haven’t got time to explain why you’re doomed
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Roz Warren, Writing Coach
Punxsutawney Gil Predicts Six More Weeks of Summer

Punxsutawney Gil Predicts Six More Weeks of Summer

The weather-predicting mosquito has bitten my left ankle, and you know what that means.
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Ally Bush
Your Overuse of the Grin-Sweat Emoji Has Me, Your Doctor, Worried

Your Overuse of the Grin-Sweat Emoji Has Me, Your Doctor, Worried

There is no cure for your nervous texting style
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Jeff King
Different Depressions I’ve Experienced Represented by Various Desserts

Different Depressions I’ve Experienced Represented by Various Desserts

A sad but delicious illustrated list to explain complicated emotions
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Kyrie Gray
An Apology Letter to Birkenstocks

An Apology Letter to Birkenstocks

For too long I denied how wonderful you were for the sake of fashion
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Stephanie D. Rondeau
An Illustrated Guide to Turning Your Breakup into a Literary Masterpiece

An Illustrated Guide to Turning Your Breakup into a Literary Master...

Because only a writer can master these endings.
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Carlyn Beccia
Expert Explains How and When Women Can Use the Bathroom

Expert Explains How and When Women Can Use the Bathroom

Unaired episode of The Hidden Brain: For Women in Need of Relief
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Kate Brennan
Appropriate Uses of the Comic Sans Typeface

Appropriate Uses of the Comic Sans Typeface

These and these alone are allowed
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Caleb Coy
What this Town Needs is a Shirley Jackson Style Lottery

What this Town Needs is a Shirley Jackson Style Lottery

Won’t you think of the children’s future?
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Sarah Lofgren
As a Single Woman Doomed to Die Alone, It is My Earnest Wish to Be Eaten by Cats

As a Single Woman Doomed to Die Alone, It is My Earnest Wish to Be ...

Simply Nothing Else Will Fulfill My Destiny!
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Erika Lindquist
Big news team! After 120 years, we’re putting the coke back in Coca-Cola.

Big news team! After 120 years, we’re putting the coke back in Coca...

This will not be another New Coke fiasco.
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Aaron Chown
I’m Begging You All, Please Let 1990s Fashion Stay Dead

I’m Begging You All, Please Let 1990s Fashion Stay Dead

An Open Letter to Generation Z
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Mary Flannery
Welcome to Your Airbnb! Please Follow All These Rules Or Else I’ll Take Your Deposit.

Welcome to Your Airbnb! Please Follow All These Rules Or Else I’ll ...

Ensure you are the perfect guest by reading through my meticulous guidelines.
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CarolF
A Few Pointers for the Burglar Robbing My Home

A Few Pointers for the Burglar Robbing My Home

I don’t want you to waste your time or damage my property any more than you have to
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Stephanie Redmond
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