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Alex Z. Salinas

HAPPY ENOUGH • by Alex Z. Salinas

February 27, 2019Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

Walmart doesn’t pay the best but I’m happy working there. Happy enough. It’s probably because I work a shit-load of overtime and don’t have student loans. Also Sally’s low-maintenance and cool. She gives me foot massages and more just for… Continue Reading →

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SHOULD’VE JUST STUCK WITH THE DAMN DORITOS • by Alex Z. Salinas

March 12, 2018Every Day Fiction 1 Comment

The strangest thing anyone’s ever told me was that I reminded them of a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. That’s right, a Ruffles sour cream and onion potato chip. It happened my third year of college. A classmate… Continue Reading →

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MILKSHAKE • by Alex Z. Salinas

May 24, 2017Every Day Fiction 30 Comments

I’m the kind of small town Texas guy who’s believed in God his whole life. Where I came from, the order of things was God, then family, then football. That’s just the way it was. Everyone I grew up with… Continue Reading →

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FAMILY FEUD • by Alex Z. Salinas

April 4, 2017Every Day Fiction 10 Comments

When the bus dropped me off, I checked the mail for my grandma as I always did. In the stack, there was a letter for me, which felt odd and exciting. Letters don’t come often for most sixteen-year-olds. It was… Continue Reading →

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