Author: Coralie Loon

Coralie Loon has had work published in Terrain.org, Cleaver Magazine, and others. As an undergrad at UC Davis, she wrote for The California Aggie and won the Diana Lynn Bogart Prize for her short story, “Empty Nests” (2023). She currently lives and writes in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can find her on Instagram: @coralieloon.

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Fiction

Fiction Issue #83

"Muse," Mahnor Shujrah, gouache on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
"Muse," Mahnor Shujrah, gouache on canvas, 30 x 30 cm

Artwork by Mahnoor Shujrah

Check-out girl Check-out girl counts the $1 bills in the register. She knows how many there are before she’s done counting, because there are as many 1s as bad first dates she’s been on this year. Still, it is nice to count them. It means the store is not open yet. The little Styrofoam fruit […]