Only In 3's for December 2025

Now recommending slayers, sinners, and psychedelics

Dec 31, 2025 • Blaise Allysen Kearsley

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After This Night

In 1983, an 11-year-old girl's taste of independence ends in a lesson she didn't ask for

Dec 22, 2025 • Erica Youngren

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Everybody's Favorite Janet (Steen)

Fresh from the Catskills with a handmade key holder

Dec 10, 2025 • Blaise Allysen Kearsley

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November 2025

Smarter Than Blood

In middle school, an elaborate strategy for going undetected

Nov 26, 2025 • Heather Hawk

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Viva La Bingo! | Michael Barrish

I’m here now to confess a lie from my days as a bingo caller.

Nov 5, 2025

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October 2025

Say What?

Altitude-induced hearing loss transforms playful miscommunications into a new reality.

Oct 29, 2025 • Marcia / Introvert UpThink

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I Regret Sending That Email

Debilitating perfectionism and crushing anxiety (but otherwise writing is fun)

Oct 24, 2025 • Blaise Allysen Kearsley

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Three Times A Maybe

Blaise Allysen Kearsley remembers how, in a city of strangers, there's more than one way to get lost.

Oct 22, 2025 • Blaise Allysen Kearsley

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The Only Haircut I'll Ever Have

Zack Stovall calculates the cost of vanity and vintage comb overs

Oct 15, 2025 • Zack Stovall

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Enrique

In 1970s Kansas, a worldly dancer brings Patrick Gutierrez closer to the person he longs to be.

Oct 2, 2025 • Patrick Gutierrez

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September 2025

Chip Drop

Pam Mandel transforms a 1950s-style lawn into a certified wildlife habitat

Sep 24, 2025 • Pam Mandel

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Sincerely and a Little Surly

Blaise Allysen Kearsley on b-boys in the living room, birthday phone calls, and waking up in the morning.

Sep 15, 2025 • Blaise Allysen Kearsley

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