We are proud to present

 Issue Thirteen

of No Contact

Kidnapped
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Kidnapped

by John Haggerty

“I must have fallen asleep,” Linda says, on the subject of her encounter, “because when I woke up, they were there.”

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Snow Day
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Snow Day

by Kathryn Kulpa

let’s say we slipper-skated to the window and the window was cake-drizzled with snow

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Lawns
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Lawns

by Tara Isabel Zambrano

Since his wife left him, my neighbor, a scientist, mows his lawn at midnight.

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Oingo Boingo
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Oingo Boingo

by Al Jacobs

I’ll show you around, Eitan said. Bring your drink. We’ll be right back, Harold. I’m gonna show my friend around.

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Hot Stuff
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Hot Stuff

by Aleksia Mira Silverman

The man from Sleep Number had rosacea peeking from his beaked mask. I stood close, but he was skittish. He left me with nothing but a mattress.

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Brotherhood of Man
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Brotherhood of Man

by Murzban F. Shroff

The young man put an arm around Sandy. He said, “I, too, have seen treachery, brother, but not like yours.”

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All Men Will Be Sailors
Nathaniel Berry Nathaniel Berry

All Men Will Be Sailors

by Nathaniel Berry

I’ve been bad at remembering what people said to me, or what I’ve said to them. I’ve been bad at knowing what to say.

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(Not a) Love Poem
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(Not a) Love Poem

by Satya Dash

What’s the use of time spent so vigorously

cataloguing youth if now I can't find a picture

of us at the beach

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Like a Balloon
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Like a Balloon

by Jace Einfeldt

You’ve lost all your money, everything, and this time it wasn’t even your fault even though it feels like it is.

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The Lone Star
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The Lone Star

by Ben Lewellyn-Taylor

“Don’t California my Texas” is a catchall phrase for Texans concerned with a growing progressive population in the Lone Star State.

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