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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 06/09/2026

Our story this month is a powerful account of one human rights lawyer's time working in Afghanistan. Gripping, dynamic, and propulsive -- by Maria Sol Beker www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-shooti...

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the shooting comes from below

by Maria Sol Beker

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 10/08/2026

If you haven’t yet read our August story, “The Not Telling”, this is a reminder and a snapshot. MerriLee Anderson writes about tense family conversations, the grace of love, self-discovery, and the importance and security of support. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-not-te...

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 06/07/2026

In our July story, Kristen Martin (@cascadewallflower.bsky.social) examines the relationships between hunting, conservation, and the personal requirements of understanding those different from ourselves. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/hunting-fo...

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 12/06/2026

We're so thrilled to publish this story from @jen-bryant.bsky.social ! For anyone who's ever worked a soul-sucking job, and also for those who have managed to avoid them. Read it now at sneakerwavemag [dot] org.

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 31/08/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/heres-to-s... In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, we present a true story of cycling and writing and friendship by Robert David Clark. And we hope you go for a bike ride today. And spend time working on your novel. And enjoy quality time with your friends.

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here's to summer (1994)

by Robert David Clark

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 24/08/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/7th-heaven... This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present a break from the hot summer! This true story by Noëlle GM Gibbs is a mix of everything going wrong and somehow everything going right on a ski run in Whistler.

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7th heaven express

by Noëlle GM Gibbs

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 17/08/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/king-of-th... In this week’s issue of sneaker wave magazine, St. Louis writer Beth Deutsch tells a heartbreaking and astonishingly hopeful true story about her son. Read this! And share it with friends and family.

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king of the creek

by Beth Deutsch

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 10/08/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/conrad-and... In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, William Bartlett tells his true story of selling Amway while trying to break into the professional ballet scene in New York City. This story gives us plenty of hope to make art and to believe in our dreams!

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conrad and the circles

by William Bartlett

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 03/08/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/jealous-of... This week in sneaker wave magazine, a startlingly beautiful piece about loss and grief by Jennifer Phillips.

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jealous of my friend's dad's funeral

by Jennifer Phillips

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 27/07/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/a-monument... This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present a story of hope, family history - and a stump! - by Nicole Schiro Magee.

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a monument to the magical

By Nicole Schiro Magee

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 20/07/2025

We're back after a couple weeks of vacation! This NEW issue of sneaker wave magazine features a horrifying and amazingly beautiful true story by Allison C. Macy-Steines. We guarantee that you won't forget this one. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/all-that-g...

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all that grows, grows back

by Allison C. Macy-Steines

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 06/07/2025

secure.givelively.org/donate/sneak... If you support sneaker wave magazine's mission to become America's leading online home for nonfiction storytelling, please consider donating to help us continue our work. We have a 501(c)(3) designation, which means your donations will be tax deductible.

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 22/06/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/limbo This week in sneaker wave magazine, Andrea A. Firth tells a remarkable true story about a twin no one in her family wants to discuss.

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limbo

by Andrea A. Firth

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 15/06/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-app-af... A very special Father's Day true story by Ellen Wilson.

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the app after life

by Ellen Wilson

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 08/06/2025

This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present Jeremy Mauser's thoughtful, honest true story about the complexities about coming out and in the process coming to a profound self-understanding. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/roy-g-biv

sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 01/06/2025

sneaker wave magazine kicks off Pride Month with an absolutely cracking story by Robin Pickering. Her writing is inventive and surprising at every turn, with a true story that is heartfelt from beginning to end. What a voice! www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-fuckit...

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the fuckitall

by Robin Pickering

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 27/05/2025

This week's sneaker wave magazine features a thoughtful story by Connie Petersen wherein the stone is so, so much more than just stone. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/dislodging...

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dislodging a navel stone

by Connie Petersen

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 18/05/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/i-the-falc... In this week’s sneaker wave magazine, we present Gavin Miller’s brilliant, disturbing, and emotional true story about a temp job taking care of a falcon. You will not forget this one. We guarantee it.

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i, the falconer

by Gavin Miller

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 11/05/2025

This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a big-hearted story by Ben Jackson about tough times in the ICU and therapy dogs that help make these tough times a little better. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/ed

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by Ben Jackson

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 04/05/2025

This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features an incredibly and creepy intense true story by Anna DeMartino. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-housem...

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the housemate

by anna dimartino

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 28/04/2025

There are two days left to submit your true story to sneaker wave magazine during our April Submissions Window. Stories must be between 2000 and 4000 words long. Submittable link in comments. (Developmental options available)

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 27/04/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/che-cazzo-... In this week's sneaker wave magazine, we present Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff's lyrical true story about life with her father in Italy when she was fourteen.

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che cazzo fai

by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 20/04/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-babysi... sneaker wave magazine presents a very special 4/20 issue: a funny, sad, and brilliant true story by novelist and poet Jason Allen. Enjoy!

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the babysitters were stoned

by Jason Allen

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 13/04/2025

In this week’s issue of sneaker wave magazine, a funny, fish-out-of-water baseball story by Lauren Daley. This one will make you smile 😊 www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-strike...

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the strikeout

by Lauren Daley

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 06/04/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/the-prover... Brand-new! A true story by Nicole Dahmen

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wake-up call

by Nicole Dahmen

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 27/03/2025

the sneaker team is ready to make it happen at AWP! Find us at Booth T860 :) In the Los Angeles Convention Center :)

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 16/03/2025

This week's sneaker wave magazine features Portland writer Luke Thompson's funny true story about being a non-Catholic kid attending a Catholic school. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/endless-kh...

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endless khakis

by Luke Thompson

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 13/03/2025

SNEAKERWAVEMAG.ORG "True stories, every Sunday." Subscribe as a Founding Member and get a sneaker wave magazine T-shirt FOR FREE!!!! (Extant Founding Members have a T-shirt on the way.) Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large.

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 09/03/2025

In this week's sneaker wave magazine, Jennifer Hurst tells her harrowing true story about being held captive on an Ohio night. What an intense piece of writing! www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/goodbye-mom

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goodbye, mom

by Jennifer Hurst

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 02/03/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/anything-w... This week’s sneaker wave magazine features a great true story by Seattle writer Jeanne Yu about when the “Fork in the Road” email hits the inbox.

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anything worth doing

by Jeanne Yu

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 23/02/2025

This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features Zia Dione's beautiful, searching true story about the aftermath of a great fire and the differences between visiting and belonging. Don't miss this one. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/seeing-the...

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seeing the forest for the weeds

by Zia Dione

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 16/02/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/closer-to-... This week in sneaker wave magazine, a funny and heartbreaking true story by master storyteller Gina Calderone about a ranch property with - well, let's just say it had a lot of potential.

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closer to fine

by Gina Calderone

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 09/02/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/for-the-be... In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, we present Rick Krizman's gritty, intense, and ultimately hopeful true story about driving a cab in wintertime Boston.

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for the best in town

by Rick Krizman

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 02/02/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/ring-of-fire This week in sneaker wave magazine we present Kase Johnstun's incredibly troubling true story of his experience with fraternity hazing in the mid-1990s.

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ring of fire

by kase johnstun

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 26/01/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/dear-stran... This week in sneaker wave magazine: a haunting, bone-chilling true story by Therese Beale.

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dear stranger

by Therese Beale

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 19/01/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/not-nothing Today's sneaker wave magazine features a heart-wrenching story of grinding through life during a time of profound grief, by Shannon Kopp.

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not nothing

by Shannon Kopp

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 12/01/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/over-the-r... This week's sneaker wave magazine features a frightening and somehow amusing tale of driving home on a misty night by Milwaukee writer Kymberlee Rosen.

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over the river

by Kymberlee Rosen

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 05/01/2025

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/introducin... Meet the Team that makes sneaker wave possible! :)

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introducing the sneaker wave team

by The Editors

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 29/12/2024

Our year in review! Well, it's a partial year because we launched the magazine in September :) If you haven't become a paid subscriber yet, or if you would like to gift a paid subscription to friends or family, now is a great time to do it! Thanks! www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/wrapping-u...

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wrapping up 2024

by The Editors

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 22/12/2024

Today's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a lyrical piece by Susan Hata about community and family toward the end of 2024. We hope this brings peace to you during this holiday week. www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/souls-on-d...

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souls on deck, alight

by Susan Hata

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sneaker wave magazine @www.sneakerwavemag.org · 15/12/2024

www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/ldor-vdor This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a thoughtful, engaging story about the holiday season by Seattle writer Tamara Bailey.

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l'dor v'dor

by Tamara Bailey

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