“Her sandwich – mine now – is sloppily assembled, the melted cheddar thick with oil like a handsome man’s mucus. I eat without chewing much.”

Sascha Belle Nastasi is an actor who writes short fiction. She dislikes tomatoes, and almost attended New York University.

ANOTHER CUSTOMER originally appeared on the XRAY website: https://xraylitmag.com/another-customer-by-sascha-belle-nastasi/fiction/⁠https://xraylitmag.com/another-customer-by-sascha-belle-nastasi/fiction/⁠

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"She has a scar that trails down her left eye, back to her left ear. The scar looks like one tear crying. Sometimes, lightning strikes twice."

Ian Crutcher Castillo is a writer living in Brooklyn and sometimes Madrid. He can be found online @_ian_castillo.

I AM MARKED SAFE originally appeared on the XRAY website: https://xraylitmag.com/i-am-marked-safe-by-ian-crutcher-castillo/fiction/

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“In movies, the end of the world makes everyone care about the right things, right when the right things are about to be gone. Not me. I want my money.”

THE LIST by Annie Delmedico originally appeared on the XRAY website: ⁠https://xraylitmag.com/the-list-by-annie-delmedico/fiction/⁠

Annie Delmedico is a writer from North Carolina. She is currently an MFA candidate at The University of California at Davis, where she also teaches creative writing and enjoys the bike lanes.

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