"Missouri Ave" by Zola Wharton
For nine consecutive months, I found myself being followed by the same dream. Every time I closed my eyes I arrived at the same...
top of page
- 3 days ago
- 16 min
"Love, Jola" by Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim
I always pride myself as the best waiter in Faaji Restaurant and Lounge. Maybe even in the whole of Ibadan. But all afternoon as I skid...
- 3 days ago
- 15 min
"I Dreamt of Blood" by Itoro Bassey
If someone asks, "Are you with me?" then you say yes, or a-ha; something to show that you are with them, because this is how they know...
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
"Rejection Therapy" by Takier George
Author’s Note: Below is an excerpt from “Rejection Therapy” by Takier George, a hybrid collection of narrative poetry/fiction. Memories...
- 3 days ago
- 6 min
"Pendulum" by Melissa Ren
Content warnings: escape and abduction, swearing, mention of terminal illness The ceiling glowed crimson as I sprinted down the hall. A...
- 3 days ago
- 22 min
"The Analogue" by Shannon Sanders
The yoga class ran long. On a bench outside the studio, the Kuykendalls sat waiting with phones in hands and their breath billowing...
- May 13
- 10 min
"Jesus Lizard" by John Yohe
Lizzie and I were the only two ‘girls’ on the Snake Mountain Hotshots that year, 1997. Our supervisor Bob would only hire two for a...
- May 13
- 4 min
"Mother and Child" by Richard Stimac
For the first few years, when his father and Addie went to the Barracks, his father would stop by the welcome center and ask a volunteer...
- May 13
- 11 min
"Anti-thesis" by nat raum
The light in the studio (read: closet) was starting to wane as the sun sank behind the apartment building to the west. Kara hopped up and...
- Apr 30
- 14 min
"El Capitan" by Matt Knutson
On a balcony overlooking the parking lot of the El Capitan Resort Casino, Rodney and Tatiana shared a cigarette while a red glow crept...
- Apr 16
- 8 min
"Belief" by Tommy Vollman
Alex Frazier stared in from atop the mound as I settled into my crouch and rolled through the signs a second time. Behind Frazier, the...
- Apr 16
- 2 min
"Every kid knows the price" by Meg Tuite
Some houses on Harwood Avenue were louder than others. Some houses housed families with twelve to twenty raucous kids who were kicked out...
- Apr 2
- 7 min
"Blue Something" by Molly Andrea-Ryan
Shannon lifted her face toward the open sky, waiting impatiently for the passing of a shooting star. John spotted one after another,...
- Apr 2
- 7 min
"Yes, the Opium" by Stephen Myer
The embers of memory smolder but no longer flare. I hold her in stolen moments of dreams, my mind altered, untethered from the ravages of...
- Mar 19
- 2 min
"Recipe for Almond Burfi" by Sumitra Singam
Add sugar to the pan, and just cover with water. Don’t add too much water, like you did in your first year of marriage. You had to stir...
- Feb 19
- 7 min
"Jackie" by Stuart Phillips
Mid-August, my parents dragged me out to watch my sister, Jackie, lose the championship to Tackett’s Auto Supply. Even in early twilight...
- Feb 19
- 10 min
"Issue #43: The Supervillain Zoom Interview" by Joshua Grasso
One by one, the headshots popped to life on the Zoom conference which was supposed to have started promptly at 12:30 (it was 6 minutes...
- Feb 19
- 3 min
"Nails and spoons" & "Shutting in, shutting out", & "Le Mer"- Bonnie Meekums, Nolcha Fox
I’ve looked up at this building many times, from a cardboard city. It might as well be a different planet, made for those whose lives...
- Feb 5
- 2 min
"Minnesota Morning" by Zary Fekete
The wood was so dry that it ignited almost as though it were paper. Paul stood up from the fireplace and grabbed the keys from the bowl....
- Feb 5
- 4 min
"Cherry Tree Carol" by Paul Luikart
The man and woman hiked a yellow trace, barely a road, through the countryside, bound for another town. He walked in front of her. She...
bottom of page