Long Soft Hair

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Richard Aubrey, with fiction from the front lines.

Looks

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Short fiction by Richard Aubrey

Man’s Search for Love

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What do Marilyn Monroe, love, a mid-40s male high school teacher, a smart, beautiful, but less-than-perfect woman, and, well, you, have in common?

Cherry Tomatoes

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He looked at me, and I sensed trouble. Like he was checking my distance, like he might try and run off with you.

A Badbadbad Love Story

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A lot can happen in four dates between two highly-sexed and scarred new lovers. Fiction by Jesus Angel Garcia.

A Good Man From the Past: Betrayer or Betrayed?

KOREAN WAR

In 1953, Corporal Edward Dickenson returned from a North Korean POW camp a hero. Only months later, he was serving a 10-year sentence for collaborating with the enemy.

All TV Is Reality TV

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Tom Miller wonders why news has sought to be more entertaining, while entertainment has tried to become more real.

Fathers, Sons, Dominoes, and Storytelling

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Andrew Cotto, author of the new novel “The Domino Effect,” thinks about the most effective ways of telling a story.

Big Bad Love

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“Then we lie in her twin bed, facing each other. We alternate closing our eyes, looking at each other in turns. Next month, she’ll go to court and testify against her father.” By Mary Miller

Matt Salesses on Short Story Month, Fiction at GMPM

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May is National Short Story Month. Matt Salesses celebrated by releasing a hypertext version of his short story collection, “Our Island of Epidemics.” Here, he talks about his favorite GMPM short stories.

Major Leaguer

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“The truth was she had hated his plan from the beginning.” -by Kelly Luce

Go Big or Go Home

GO BIG GO HOME

“I didn’t have a prescription for any kind of medicine, nevermind a roofie-worthy one.” By Nicolle Elizabeth

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Cormorants

CORMORANTS FICTION

“I removed his arm. ‘I’m a whiskey girl. You know that.’” By Lam Pham

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Support Men’s Fiction, Vote for BULL

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We respect and applaud the guys at BULL for what they’re doing; so we’re asking GMPM readers to help them out.

Blue Skies

BLUE SKIES WEEKEND FICTION

“A funny thing happens when you have children, alliances are born, between mother and daughter, father and daughter, and the bonds that once connected you as husband and wife change.” By Sam Katz

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Guide to Rome

GUIDE TO ROME SSWANN

What ever turns out like you expect—vacations, foreign countries, marriage?

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