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Feb 412 min read
"81 Buddhas" by Jay McKenzie
CW: Abortion Mornings here are shrouded in mist. It is a soft, golden mist: too cool for Southeast Asia, too hot for the countries...
Feb 44 min read
"QUIET QUIET QUIET" by Sherry Cassells
When Simon blew out the candle it still wasn’t dark enough the stars splashed I could see through the window the black on black untidy...
Nov 26, 202311 min read
"Love, Blood & Handball" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello
Let me tell you how I got the scar on my left knee. Three o’clock Friday afternoon. I’m eleven. It’s all promise. None of it’s happened...
Nov 12, 20239 min read
"La Garbancera Gótica" by Tina Cartwright
When Dad got sick in the nights his eyes would ignite and he’d yell, —Where is she? He’d prop himself up by the elbows, his head a...
Sep 3, 202312 min read
"The One Alone" by Victoria Leigh Bennett
Pietro Brown was his name; when you were first getting to know him, and queried the Italo-English name, he’d just shrug, say something to...
Aug 20, 20235 min read
"There’s Barf in the Pool" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello
This is back in Throggs Neck, the summer I turn ten. It’s too hot for whiffleball, handball, stickball, or stoopball. I’m sweating into...
Jul 9, 202310 min read
"The Taffy-Chewing Girl" by Lance Colet
There are other, better places to spend time than this no-name boardwalk in this no-name beach town. The taffy-chewing girl seemed to...
May 13, 20238 min read
"Ruins" by Elizabeth Roos
On September 26th, 1687, a Venetian mortar round fired from the Hill of Philopappos hit the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. This caused the...
Apr 30, 20232 min read
"My Sister Cape" by Sherry Cassells
My sister Cape was only two years older than me except for in the summer months we were one thin year apart. And there it is the first...
Apr 16, 202312 min read
"Stuntman" by Daniel Mowery
The ground trembled when the trains came by, vibrating the bones in their ankles and knees as the countless boxcars barreled on, clanking...
Apr 16, 20234 min read
"You Ask Me What I Want" & "Hobbies" by Emma Burnett
You ask what I want and you look expectant. I want to tell you that I want a day in a hotel room with you. I want a nowhere space, where...
Apr 2, 20239 min read
"Fallen Hickory" by Adam Forrester
I inspect the fence post, and Beechie trots over and nudges my hand with her nose. She’s always asking me for a pat on the head or a...
Mar 5, 20232 min read
"What Else Goes On That I Don't Know About" by Sherry Cassells
It’s been raining since Christmas yet the water is lower than ever before and there’s a newly revealed rock looks like the hood of a car...
Feb 5, 20238 min read
"Just Forget It and Have a Donut" by Rami Obeid
At breakfast, everybody’s eyes were bloodshot. Baba's eyes were flu-like in the sense that they would turn cold or hot in a split second,...
Feb 5, 20232 min read
"Mandela Effect" by Niles Reddick
After five o’clock, we got together at La Siesta for margaritas, fajitas, and tacos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and someone asked what...
Feb 5, 202318 min read
"Key Ring" by M.E. Proctor
The monstrous key ring hanging from Jack Oliver’s belt fascinated us. The top large hoop held smaller ones, in a complicated interlinked...
Jan 22, 20237 min read
"Polar Bear" by Edward Barnfield
Roland Nevins adjusted the waistband of his shorts, rearranged his gut. There was a second band of flab down there these days, the skin a...
Jan 8, 202314 min read
"Blood & Breastmilk" by Robert Nazar Arjoyan
The ink was dry, she could see that, but Army decided to give it another minute before folding the paper. Smudges wouldn’t do. Without a...
Jan 8, 20232 min read
"First Things" by Rebecca Dempsey
The first thing a baby can do is cry. Stimulus response, vocalised, after that first smack. Tears, and the wordless wail. That tap. Hush...
Jan 8, 20233 min read
"Mistakes and Omissions" by Sherry Cassells
Your analogies are too cumbersome, Colin used to say. They should snap. Yours don’t snap. Colin could be a real drip. I don’t miss him...
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