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4/15/2013 And the Winner Is... ... Adrian Todd Zuniga 1:54 10/2/2012 The Age of Show ... Tom Rankin 5:19 8/2/2012 Kind of like you ... Tania Moore 24:00 5/8/2012 Today I Will Be ... Dustin Luke Nelson 2:00 4/30/2012 Wish Fish ... Anne Earney 1:00 4/25/2012 They Told Me To ... Anne Earney 1:00 4/18/2012 True Scotsmen ... Larry Mellor 1:00 4/16/2012 Thirteen ... Margaret Daisley 0:54 4/14/2012 Monstrosity ... DeAnna Stephens Vaughn 1:00 4/11/2012 Yella Lightnin' ... Janie Lynwood Peterson 1:00 4/9/2012 Grief ... Karstin Painter 0:55 4/3/2012 Bleached and Enriched ... Phillip Sterling 0:48 3/30/2012 Epilogue ... Lisa Meunier 0:59 3/28/2012 How To Talk to ... Shannon Barton-Wren 1:00 3/26/2012 Where She Was ... Alyssa Barrett 1:00 3/21/2012 How to Speak an ... Alyssa Barrett 0:54 3/19/2012 Alto, third row back ... Judy French 0:59 3/5/2012 The Robin Egg ... Celeste Huttes 0:09 2/29/2012 Everyone That Rises ... Christoffer Molnar 0:57 2/27/2012 You can't feel bad ... Dimitri Blok 1:00 2/23/2012 Selective Reminiscences ... Gretchen Birbeck 0:48 2/21/2012 Homecoming ... Gretchen Birbeck 0:57 2/17/2012 Abortion ... Susan Terris 0:53 2/15/2012 Gloaming's Groom ... Yarrow Paisley 1:00 2/13/2012 Seven Things To Do ... Annabelle Larsen 1:00 2/10/2012 Seven Days ... Michael Loughrey 1:00 2/6/2012 Nocturne ... Dara Deann Schwyhart 1:00 2/3/2012 It Could ... Jonathan Brakarsh 0:51 2/1/2012 To Her ... Tavi Black 0:54 1/30/2012 Red Cabbage Sunrise ... Renata McCormish 1:00 1/23/2012 A Man I Do ... Adele Mendelson 1:00 1/18/2012 As Houses ... Carmen Maria Machado 0:58 1/13/2012 The Snow of Tehran ... Alana Ruprecht 1:00 1/11/2012 What if? ... Jennie Knorr 0:49 1/9/2012 The Old Farmhouse ... Jennie Knorr 0:49 12/28/2011 Don't Tell ... June Goodwin 0:49 12/23/2011 Om or Oy ... June Goodwin 0:56 12/21/2011 From the desk of ... Susan Marsch 0:39 12/19/2011 The Rose of Damocles ... Hubert Haddad, from Nouvelles du jour et de la nuit: la nuit, © Zulma, 2011 9:27 12/19/2011 Keepers ... John Branscum 0:53 12/14/2011 What They Don't Know ... Judy Hyun An 0:56 12/12/2011 Addicts ... Paul Rogalus 0:56 12/9/2011 Bag Of Shit ... Roberta Hartling Gates 1:00 12/7/2011 Poor Steve ... Josh Birenbaum 0:53 12/3/2011 MIKI KONDO’S UNDERPANTS ... Stephen Policoff 1:00 11/30/2011 The Big Sound ... Owen Davis 0:59 11/29/2011 Marion's Way (excerpt) ... Jean-Philippe Mégnin, from the novel La Voie Mario n, © Le Dilettante, 2010; Translated by Una Brogan 2:47 11/28/2011 Knees ... Sarah Kelly 0:50 11/25/2011 Frankie owns a beer ... Dave Newman 1:00 11/21/2011 Voices ... R.F. Marazas 1:00 11/16/2011 Short Cut ... Andy Hume 0:54 11/13/2011 The Last Time I ... Christophe Fourvel, from the eponymous novel © Les éditions du chemin de fer, 2011 1:31 11/14/2011 End of Story ... Heidi Diehl 1:00 11/11/2011 It's not what you ... Ellen Hoch 0:56 11/9/2011 Reduce ... David Mohan 1:00 11/7/2011 Self-Portrait in Santa Margherita ... Tara Deal 0:59 11/2/2011 Balance ... Debra Marquart 1:00 10/31/2011 Passenger Accident (excerpt) ... Eric Pessan, from the novel Incident de Personne, © Albin Michel, 2010; Translated by Tom Riese 3:00 10/31/2011 Hard Candy ... Linda Olson 1:00 10/28/2011 The Given ... Debra A. Daniel 0:59 10/26/2011 ROTTEN ... Lynn Melnick 0:55 10/23/2011 Arnhem ... Nicole Parizeau 0:34 10/19/2011 Pueblo Dog ... M. Kaat Toy 0:52 10/17/2011 The Sheep Pen (excerpt) ... Joël Baqué, from Aire du mouton, © P.O.L. Editeur, 2011; Translated by Zoë O’Huiginn 4:00 10/17/2011 Fuel ... Laura Varoscak 0:59 10/14/2011 The Two Strangers ... Shemikki Pierson 0:44 10/12/2011 Disinherited ... Guinotte Wise 0:54 10/10/2011 Clippings ... Alice O'Brien 1:00 10/5/2011 This Naked Vessel I ... Kimberly Fujioka 1:00 10/3/2011 Adult Life (excerpt) ... Virginie Mouzat, from the novel La vie adulte, © Albin Michel; Translated by Ella Boureau 6:00 10/3/2011 A cumbersome man ... Bianca Licata 0:56 9/30/2011 Valley Justice ... Jenny Williams 0:51 9/28/2011 Spider’s House ... Jonathon Walter 1:00 9/26/2011 The Housewarming Party (OpiumEurope.com) ... Nicolas Rey, from Un léger passage à vide, © Au diable vauvert, 2010; translated by Rebecca Rahman 4:00 9/26/2011 Confessions between Evolving Women ... Venita Blackburn 0:58 9/23/2011 Adam and Eve in ... Norah Vawter 1:00 9/21/2011 12 year old boy ... Rob Lipton 1:00 9/19/2011 Macaroons ... Stephen Gallagher 1:00 9/16/2011 Orange Juice ... Jackie Fitzgerald 1:00 9/14/2011 Young Love ... Jude Bridge 0:57 9/9/2011 Color ... Crystal Terrazzano 1:00 9/7/2011 Making Due ... Luanna Azzarito 0:39 9/4/2011 Nothing Too Serious (excerpt) ... Mercedes Deambrosis, from the novel Rien de bien grave © Les Éditions du Chemin de Fer, 2009 3:07 9/3/2011 Advance ... Pedro Ponce 0:49 8/31/2011 Neighbor ... Katy Whittingham 0:21 8/28/2011 Vomito Negro (excerpt) ... Pavel Hak, from the novel Vomito Negro, © Éditions Verdier, 2011; translated by Jacob Bromberg 6:30 8/24/2011 What He Has Come ... Kris D'Agostino 1:00 8/19/2011 Drinks ... Bridget McNeill 1:00 8/17/2011 Financial Statements ... Ted Olds 1:00 8/12/2011 Opium39's Shya Scanlon 7-Line ... Todd Zuniga 1:01 8/3/2011 Divulgence ... Abigail Stokes Palsma 0:48 7/31/2011 Fugue (excerpt) ... Bernard Comment, from the collection Tout Passe, © Christian Bourgois Éditeur, 2011 1:31 7/28/2011 Z-Day ... JS Breukelaar 0:37 7/24/2011 In the Secret (excerpt) ... Jérôme Ferrari, from the novel Dans le secret , © Actes Sud, 2007; Translated by Una Brogan 7:56 7/11/2011 Eventually the Children Close ... Matt Zingg 1:00 7/7/2011 Submit now (like, right ... Adrian Todd Zuniga 1:01 7/4/2011 ---------- ... Emily Vanderpol 6:53 6/13/2011 The Wasp ... Charlotte Goldberg, from the book La Guêpe, © La Dragonne, 2002; Translated by Jacob Bromberg 3:04 5/15/2011 Mimmo's Story ... Alain Fleischer, from the book Imitation, © Actes Sud, 2010; Translated by Jacob Bromberg 6:18 4/25/2011 Privacy In A Public ... Renatta Laundry 1:00 3/30/2011 Sonnet For Sirens ... Breonna Krafft 0:36 3/22/2011 Haunted House ... Kathleen Volk Miller 2:54 3/10/2011 You ... Joshua Willey 25:45 2/21/2011 Bringing In The Sheep ... Cathy Kodra 1:00 1/17/2011 In Death ... Kevin Conder 0:22 1/13/2011 Ultimately, My Dog Speaks ... Justin Hook 3:00 1/10/2011 [Jeezus] Changed My Oil ... Rae Bryant 4:00 1/3/2011 (Remember) ... Emily Easley 2:00 12/31/2010 Insurance Companies Make Me ... Nate Wilhelm 2:43 12/28/2010 Lemons ... Kseniya Yarosh 1:10 12/23/2010 Bad News ... Heather McDonald 1:26 12/20/2010 Why He Missed The ... Christopher Lambert 1:51 12/15/2010 Makeup ... Peter Grandbois 2:36 11/25/2010 Junk for Jesus ... Lindsay Morton 20:20 11/22/2010 Damn You, de Botton ... Julia Pierpont 3:54 11/11/2010 The Future of Opium ... Todd Zuniga 4:43 11/8/2010 Literary Death Match NYC, ... Jon Sands 3:37 11/4/2010 Have you been saved? ... K.M.A. Sullivan 0:43 11/1/2010 The Moths ... A.M. Baker 4:37 10/28/2010 Shitty Vampire ... JS Breukelaar 1:55 10/25/2010 This Shit Could Dissolve ... Rachel Lieberman 1:04 10/14/2010 From Basement Apartment with ... Megan Williams 1:06 10/5/2010 Literary Death Match 100: ... Todd Zuniga 1:20 10/2/2010 Deadline Cometh! Enter Opium11's ... Todd Zuniga 2:44 9/29/2010 Elegy for October Snow ... Zachary Sifuentes 1:28 9/24/2010 The Old Red Dog ... Robert G. McBrearty 1:34 9/17/2010 Lauve ... Amanda Pampuro 3:32 9/14/2010 Birth ... Christina Chant 1:00 9/13/2010 Jump Jump Jump ... Christopher Capelluto 3:52 8/30/2010 Support Opium for the ... Todd Zuniga 1:51 8/25/2010 Literary Death Match London, ... John Osborne 20:20 8/22/2010 Rationalization ... Jacque Lynn Schiller 1:55 8/8/2010 God & Magic ... Ryan Britt 1:26 8/5/2010 Applegate ... Charissa Drengsen 1:25 7/29/2010 Necessary Rebirth ... Jaclyn Thies 1:00 7/26/2010 Let’s Hear Whit the ... Liz Niven 2:00 7/22/2010 Poetry We Love: Abraham ... Abraham Smith 5:00 7/19/2010 Literary Death Match London ... Craig Taylor 4:52 7/8/2010 Literary Death Match NYC ... Rakesh Satyal 7:07 7/6/2010 Lune de Miel ... F.J. Bergmann 1:06 7/2/2010 Private ... Andrew Aulino 1:00 6/29/2010 Literary Death Match NYC, ... Rives 2:00 6/24/2010 Cold Water ... Rhys Timson 3:00 6/14/2010 In Frankfurt Cemetery ... Sarah Jane Sloat 0:44 6/10/2010 Emanations ... Cassandra Scavetta 1:19 5/31/2010 Obituary ... Jared Killeen 1:28 5/30/2011 The Day Saddam was ... Fouad Laroui, from Le jour où Malika ne s'est pas mariée, © Julliard, 2009 10:46 5/25/2010 No One Isn't a ... Andrew Borgstrom 1:26 5/24/2010 What Do We Have ... Jon Boulier 4:00 5/18/2010 Frame of Mind ... Chella Courington 1:00 5/14/2010 The Small Polish Town ... John Shortino 1:23 5/13/2010 Garden Overhaul ... Kyle Cushman 1:00 5/11/2010 On Nearly Being Run ... Laurie Junkins 1:00 5/11/2010 On Nearly Being Run ... Laurie Junkins 1:00 5/4/2010 We Come in Peace ... Julia Minkin 0:52 5/3/2010 Redecorating ... Julia Minkin 1:00 4/29/2010 Privacy in the Public ... Renatta Laundry 1:00 4/19/2010 Doesn't Rock ... Theodore McDermott 2:00 3/31/2010 Opium Fund Raiser ... Todd Zuniga 0:13 3/30/2010 On Translating Paz ... Matthew Zingg 1:00 3/29/2010 Finders Keepers ... Olga Rukovets 0:57 3/22/2010 Opium100: Fictional Figure Popularity ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 3/18/2010 Literary Death Match: Chicago ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 3/16/2010 Opium Live! Our earth-shaking ... Todd Zuniga 1:09 3/12/2010 Pocket Wolves ... Clark Hays 1:25 3/11/2010 Trench Fright ... Clark Hays 1:25 3/5/2010 Mother ... Lisa Van Orman Hadley 0:34 3/3/2010 Children ... Lee Griffith 1:25 3/2/2010 Outsourced ... Leland Thoburn 1:00 3/1/2010 Lettuce Toss ... Bonnie J. Morris 1:24 2/24/2010 FLIGHT ... J.M. Brandt 0:32 2/18/2010 WAYS OF BEING USELESS ... J.M. Brandt 0:47 2/17/2010 American Idyll ... Lynn Schmeidler 1:26 2/12/2010 The Growler ... Thomas Pryor 5:00 2/10/2010 Gardening ... David Zeltser 1:18 2/9/2010 Letter of Interest ... Emily Adler 4:00 2/8/2010 Tree ... Kim Chinquee 0:45 2/3/2010 Shakespeare For A Doomed ... Ian Bassingthwaighte 2:00 2/3/2010 Opium's 9-Year Anniversary Get-Together! ... Todd Zuniga 0:01 2/2/2010 Pharmaceutical ... Michelle Menting 1:00 2/1/2010 Sketch Artist, Amusement Park, ... Ben Greenman 2:46 1/29/2010 Literary Death Match: Baltimore ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 1/27/2010 RANDOM THINGS I BET ... Scott Rothman 1:53 1/26/2010 Plastic Cross ... Charles Spano 1:00 1/21/2010 The Idea Man ... Sean Landers 2:18 1/21/2010 Be the 100! (Buy ... Todd Zuniga 1:18 1/20/2010 Another Fish Story ... Phillip Sterling 1:21 1/19/2010 Andy ... Joanna Penn Cooper 1:00 1/18/2010 The Floating King ... Brian Beatty 1:36 1/15/2010 The God and the ... Jennifer Woodworth 4:30 1/14/2010 Stella ... Ian MacLean 1:34 1/6/2010 LDM: San Francisco - ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 1/5/2010 Let It Be ... Steven Wolfe 1:00 1/4/2010 The Long-Awaited Comeback ... Elise Hunter 1:00 12/31/2009 Opium Magazine's 2009 Year ... Todd Zuniga 2:10 12/29/2009 Stroke: A Right Hemisphere ... Julianna Baggott 1:20 12/23/2009 A Christmas Card by ... Etgar Keret 3:17 12/22/2009 Beyond Hot ... Keith Meatto 4:00 12/21/2009 Five Opium9 Bookmark Contest ... M.E. Brown, MK Chavez, Eileen G'Sell, Daniel Grandbois, Chris West 6:00 12/21/2009 It's Not My Problem, ... David Spielberg 1:25 12/17/2009 Azra's Fountain ... Margaret Eaton 1:24 12/16/2009 Preacher In The Afterlife ... M.T. Mustian 2:04 12/14/2009 Consequences ... Lincoln Michel 1:22 12/9/2009 Opium100: A Century of ... Todd Zuniga 3:25 12/6/2009 Announcing: Opium's QuickFix with ... Todd Zuniga 1:14 12/4/2009 My Life ... Ben Gottlieb 1:08 12/3/2009 Their Kind of Music ... Geraldine Birch 1:26 12/2/2009 Communication Build-Up ... Martin Balgach 1:45 12/2/2009 On the Run! ... Jack Handey 2:44 11/28/2009 Sunshiny States ... William Bradley 1:25 11/25/2009 What Opium's Thankful For... ... The Opiates 0:31 11/24/2009 Reading Poetry at Del's ... Britt Buttrill 1:26 11/23/2009 Post-it Note to the ... Paul M. Capobianco 1:15 11/20/2009 No Talking ... Duncan Birmingham 2:23 11/19/2009 Song For Sol ... Aaron Tillman 1:00 11/17/2009 Opium9's 250-Word Bookmark Contest ... Adrian Todd Zuniga 1:36 11/18/2009 Welcome to Opium's QuickFix ... Todd Zuniga 0:51 11/16/2009 What Can You Do ... Amber West 1:00 11/1/2009 Opium9: The Mania Issue ... Adrian Todd Zuniga 1:01 10/31/2009 An Articulate Teenage Girl ... Ian Bassingthwaighte 1:54 10/19/2009 A House in Foreclosure ... James Kaelan 7:00 10/14/2009 Literary Death Match: San ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 10/9/2009 Fifty-Eight Years Later ... Helen Phillips 2:00 10/8/2009 Sorensen's 5 Stages of ... Sarah Sorensen 2:39 10/7/2009 R. LEE ERMEY AT ... Michael Rottman 4:00 10/6/2009 Terry Gross Interviews a ... Dan Moreau 1:16 10/5/2009 Cemetery Traffic ... Michael Cooper 2:46 10/2/2009 Early America ... Trevor Houser 9:31 10/1/2009 Society's Lady ... Perry Crowe 2:52 9/29/2009 Where is San Diego? ... Lauren Becker 3:00 9/28/2009 What The Wedding Photos ... William Bradley 2:49 9/27/2009 Sleep Patterns ... Martha Clarkson 2:16 9/26/2009 Awake on 80 ... Tyke Johnson 2:50 9/25/2009 Think of Me ... Anne Dyer Stuart 4:29 9/21/2009 Opium9's 250-Word Bookmark Contest ... Todd Zuniga 1:26 9/20/2009 I Have Character ... Diane Seuss 4:00 9/19/2009 Killing Pirates ... John Griswold 2:51 9/16/2009 Circle ... Mark Yakich 5:00 9/16/2009 Literary Death Match: London ... Todd Zuniga 2:00 9/14/2009 On The Web ... Jennifer Byrne 2:48 9/12/2009 A Memoir In 400 ... Chris Tarry 2:00 9/5/2009 Forecast: Chapter 16 ... Shya Scanlon 21:00 9/6/2009 Back-story ... Katherine Ozment 3:00 9/5/2009 Mama's Boy ... Ira Sukrungruang 2:49 9/2/2009 Three Signs of Maturity ... Elizabeth Enslin 2:50 9/1/2009 Perfectly Parisian ... Malia Yoshioka 1:00 8/19/2009 Wed, Aug. 26: YOU ... Todd Zuniga 0:51 8/7/2009 Vegas ... Kevin Dolgin 6:07 8/5/2009 Her Florida Room, The ... Mil Norman-Risch 1:00 7/30/2009 Contest Deadline Ends! ... Adrian Todd Zuniga 4:00 7/28/2009 Frantic Flight ... Iris Gribble-Neal 1:00 7/24/2009 My Flesh ... Brigit Kelly Young 2:49 7/22/2009 Valentine ... Stacy Muszynski 2:53 7/19/2009 Literary Death Match London: ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 7/13/2009 Garage Angel ... Martha Clarkson 0:41 7/9/2009 Teeth and Whiteness ... Nancy Conger 2:38 7/7/2009 Witnessed ... Cortney McLellan 2:51 7/2/2009 Undisturbed ... Victoria Perkins 1:00 6/26/2009 Alternate Uses for Opium ... Pierre Blaizeau 0:51 6/25/2009 1979 ... Kevin Spaide 2:53 6/24/2009 Opium8 Launch: LDM NYC, ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 6/21/2009 Look Here, Beautiful ... Isaac Pressnell 1:00 6/20/2009 Pipe Dreams ... Henry Kivett 0:51 6/18/2009 World Takes Interview NANA WALDRON’S ... Timmy Waldron 3:00 6/15/2009 SF Infinite Jesticulation: Literary ... Todd Zuniga 0:30 6/14/2009 Twenty-Seven ... Daryl Jenkins 2:51 6/12/2009 Literary Death Match San ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 6/8/2009 The Question of Spoons ... Rebecca Collins 2:51 6/5/2009 Tonight: Literary Death Match ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 6/4/2009 Death of a Salesman ... John Brand 1:00 6/3/2009 Forecast (Part 2) ... Shya Scanlon 5:25 5/31/2009 Opium Live (Tuesday); Pre-Order ... Todd Zuniga 0:57 5/28/2009 Forecast (Part 1) ... Shya Scanlon 5:11 5/26/2009 Opium8's 500-Word Memoir Contest ... Todd Zuniga 1:14 5/20/2009 Literary Death Match Chicago, ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 5/18/2009 Three Sonnets ... Cynthia Grier Lotze 1:57 5/13/2009 Two Stories ... Paul Clemente 1:57 5/12/2009 Literary Death Match SF: ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 5/11/2009 The Bridesmaid (A 500-Word ... Sean Beaudoin 2:52 5/8/2009 Unfurling the Flag ... Matthew Dillon 1:00 4/22/2009 LDM NYC, Ep. 13 ... Todd Zuniga 0:38 4/19/2009 The Epidemic of Weariness ... Amy Halloran 5:13 4/13/2009 Just Another Story About ... Leland Thoburn 2:00 4/10/2009 How Finger Drumming Works ... Alex Rose 4:24 4/9/2009 Literary Death Match SF, ... Todd Zuniga 1:21 4/8/2009 Postcard ... Kelly Luce 0:59 4/7/2009 Opium8's 500-Word Memoir Contest ... Todd Zuniga 2:00 4/6/2009 Opium Live NYC, Ep. ... Todd Zuniga 2:00 4/3/2009 Three's Company ... Edward Robles 0:54 4/2/2009 Two Stories ... David Baeumler 1:00 4/1/2009 Two Stories ... Sean Murphy 1:04 1/22/2008 Apophenia ... Sam Cha 2:33 3/30/2009 Opium & Literary Death ... Todd Zuniga 2:00 3/27/2009 Reading to Alk ... Brian Beise 1:38 3/26/2009 The Wrong Guy ... David Paprocki 2:00 3/25/2009 Letter to the Welfare ... Lockie Hunter 3:00 3/24/2009 Business ... Daniel Grandbois 0:55 3/23/2009 Literary Death Match Updates! ... Todd Zuniga 0:55 3/19/2009 The Outing ... Lisa Korzeniowski 0:59 3/17/2009 Two Stories ... Adam Peterson 1:31 5/15/2009 Lit Crawl NYC: Featuring ... Todd Zuniga 11:00 3/12/2009 SF: Literary Death Match ... Todd Zuniga 1:00 3/8/2009 Visiting Chagall ... Seaborn Jones 1:00 3/4/2009 Duration ... F.J. Bergmann 1:22 2/27/2009 Opium Live, Episode 2 ... Todd Zuniga 2:17 2/26/2009 Killing Melinda Baxter ... Tom A. Thorogood 1:01 2/25/2009 At Plimpton's ... Marilyn Marbrook 1:00 2/24/2009 On Viewing Pollock’s One ... Sara Kraemer 1:34 2/15/2010 The Opposite of Robot ... Kimberly Grey 2:35 2/2/2009 Opium Live debut & ... Todd Zuniga 2:00 1/30/2009 Opium's 2008 Pushcart Prize ... Todd Zuniga 0:49 1/28/2009 The Smug Piggy Bank ... Lincoln McElwee 1:00 1/27/2009 Eden Grammar School & ... Kristina Born 1:00 1/25/2010 Motel Lives ... Charles Spano 1:16 1/21/2009 Literary Death Match TV ... 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