Meagan Perry

Short Stories

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KonMari your family

The Carolina Quarterly, 2017, Issue 66.3
My sister is good at her job. She made shedding objects feel great.

Meathead

Columbia Journal, 2018
For the mix that fed the midwest, the journey from chunk to hamburger took about 10 minutes. Jay, on the other hand, spent two hours a night in the machine.

I am a lobster

Another Chicago Magazine, 2018
We don’t get along because we’re always fighting for a spot near the air pump.

Janet loves Bobby

Saint Ann’s Review, 2018
Bobby Schmidt was so scrawny. Janet biked past him each day on her way home from school, and she noticed it every time.

Screen+Shot+2019-07-08+at+11.29.00+AM.jpg — Snow buntings

Hypertext, 2019
By our fourth year of school there were no mammals that we knew of other than ourselves. No cattle, no sheep, no dogs, no cats and for the most part, no rules.

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Beloit Fiction Journal, 2021
At the start, Dave did most of the physical work. When I met the other farm wives, they told me that would change soon enough. “Everyone has to wear the overalls,” said a woman named Margaret. She was in town to buy a pitchfork.

Magic

Lindenwood Review, 2022
“Did you ever learn any tricks?” asked Thalia, blowing a crumb of cake from her lip to the tabletop along with the question. She was clearly glad to have an opportunity to talk more about the video.

Red and green peppers in a pile with tomatoes. — The rules have been relaxed

iō Literary Journal, 2023
Is this okay? Yes, all fruit and vegetable touching is allowed. Take your time in the aisles. Deliberate over your next toothbrush. The rules have been relaxed.

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