Tag: story
Open Bar
Jul 15, 2021 | 2013 Fall - Bisexual Enough?
By Kate Estrop For the past ten minutes, Nell had been staring at the tiny bar in the corner of...
Read MoreAround the World: On the Fence in Zimbabwe
Jul 9, 2021 | 2013 Winter - Mixed Marriages, Around the World
By Carol For this issue, we feature a short story written by Carol , a bi-identified woman living...
Read MoreBicrazy Bilinda
Jul 8, 2021 | 2015 Fall - Pick a Side
By Jane Barnes Bilinda left her apartment every day with a purple scarf on; in the winters, it was alpaca, and in the summers, a floaty gauze, like a breeze against her neck, against the A/C. Wasn’t that something to do with her...
Read MoreHank
Jul 8, 2021 | 2015 Summer - Toy Stories
A Story by Sarah Q. Parr Hank is handy. He’s always ready, always willing, always able. He knows exactly what I need and delivers every time. Hank has been with me for a few years now. He doesn’t seem to mind sharing; in fact,...
Read MoreYou Shouldn’t Litter
Jul 3, 2021 | 2017 Spring - Bi+ Creativity
By Mary Rawson She takes the last drag and stubs the butt out on the concrete path, squatting on...
Read MoreThe See-Saw Family
Nov 1, 2012 | 2012 Fall - Traveling While Bi
By Jess Wells At long last, here are the final three parts of Jess Wells’s nine-part story, I hope...
Read MoreWhen I Knew
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Rae Fine In middle school I wasn’t really attracted to anyone – it was middle school, everyone was awkward and gross. But everyone around me was discovering their status as sexual beings, however mild those sexual feelings or...
Read MoreThe See-Saw Family
Feb 1, 2012 | 2012 Winter- When I Knew, Articles
By Jess Wells Here are parts five and six of Jess Wells’s nine-part story, “The See-Saw Family.”...
Read MoreA Case for Sensitivity Training
Nov 1, 2011 | 2011 Fall - Out in the Workplace, Articles
By Tracy Note: This play is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events may or may not be coincidental. SCENE 1: BOSS’S OFFICE The boss is sitting at his desk. Tracy enters. Tracy: Good morning. I have the status reports...
Read MoreMore from Jess Wells…
Aug 1, 2011 | 2011 Summer - Faith and Spirit, Articles
As promised, here is the next installment of Jess Wells’s ninepart story, “The See-Saw Family”:...
Read MoreTuxedo Shirts
Feb 1, 2011 | 2011 Winter - Intersections, Articles
By Jess Wells I was standing on a street corner when I felt the tilting and, though it might have...
Read MoreRestless
Aug 1, 2010 | 2010 Summer - Bodies
By Lara Zielinsky The hour rolled over. 3:59. 4:00. Four a.m. Cassidy’s eyes slowly rotated away from the digital clock’s red numbers, taking in the deep shadows of the rest of the room as she lay on her back. The desk lay...
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