"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...
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May 28, 20232 min read
"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...
May 28, 20236 min read
"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...
May 28, 202322 min read
"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, 202310 min read
"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, 20234 min read
"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, 202311 min read
"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, 202314 min read
"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, 20238 min read
"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, 20232 min read
"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, 20237 min read
"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, 20237 min read
"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, 20232 min read
"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, 20237 min read
"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, 202310 min read
"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, 20233 min read
"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, 20232 min read
"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, 20234 min read
"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...
Feb 5, 20233 min read
"Basket with Raspberries (for Anatoly Marienhof)" & "Coffee Pot Larry" by Marc Isaac Potter
Basket with Raspberries (for Anatoly Marienhof) The raspberries are misplaced in a wooden basket, cradled thankfully in multiple paper...
Feb 5, 202315 min read
"Is" by Joe Frleta
### “Yes, life is life,” Charles said. “Except when it …” ### “Isn’t” ### Charles pauses here, to which Cassandra says: “Okay, so what...
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