waking girls SUIYI TANGNovember 13, 2019 she woke up selfishly. as if cloistered by a hardened bowl, her mind thrashed, its soft edges driving into knots of yellowed ceramic. each h... Flash Fiction0 Comments
A Lesson in Meteorology L. SovieroNovember 11, 2019 The Santiago kid committed suicide that morning. Two men had to carry Santiago’s mother out to a car. Maria said when people got that sad th... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Fucking Running for President Mir -YasharOctober 23, 2019 I drop F bombs on the campaign trail when points don’t come through. Fucking deplore economic inequality in Dubuque, fucking deplore right-w... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Everywhere Elliot HarperSeptember 3, 2019 Come with me, he said. “Where do you want me to go?” I asked him. Everywhere, he said. “Everywhere?” I asked. Yes everywhere, stop repeating... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Secret Life of Spoons Phebe JewellAugust 26, 2019 With my round, smooth-bottomed hull, my wide-ribbed belly, I was made for love. We take turns, you and I, filling and being filled. You open... Flash Fiction1 Comment
Three Flat Stanley Stories Jennifer A. HowardAugust 21, 2019 Ted Bundy would have loved Flat Stanley’s mom her long straight dark hair parted in the middle. She would have been Midwestern helpful if... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Parking Spot: A Modern Horror Story Caleb LalinskyNovember 11, 2019 “I don’t know where we’re going to park,” he says as they drive past the apartment. It is the first thing either of them has said the entire... Fiction0 Comments
Thank God It’s Friday Sahana AhmedNovember 11, 2019 6:31 AM Facebook wants to know me better. “Decide what happens to your account after you pass away.” Choose a friend. Your Legacy Contact... Fiction6 Comments
The List Leland CheukNovember 7, 2019 So much Pierre had yet to do despite twenty-eight years on this planet. The to-dos came to him in threes (usually after his morning bowel... Fiction0 Comments
Curfew Olivia GunningNovember 4, 2019 It was the time the dustcarts stopped coming and the city was on its knees. We both arrived with posies. Kenzi held rosemary, a hardy aro... Fiction0 Comments
But why ALEX? Elliot HarperOctober 29, 2019 I order my usual. A tall latte with milk. Real boring, but I never really got into all these options. I give the guy with the vacant eyes my... Fiction0 Comments
Ghost Vehicle Abigail StewartOctober 25, 2019 He drooped in the heat like a child’s discarded ice pop. Leaning against the metal railing of an outer downtown bus stop, he block... Fiction0 Comments
That Time My Ex (Best Friend) Turned Green Michael B. Carroll Jr.November 6, 2019 I once knew a girl. A girl who would one day become my best friend. She was brave, ambitious, and had pride as sure as the sky is above u... Poetry0 Comments
YOU ARE A SAD T-REX OF CONSCIOUSNESS Jesse HilsonOctober 9, 2019 In a parallel dimension I’ve broken everybody’s heart by killing myself or dying of a drug overdose on that brown couch that one ti... Poetry1 Comment
It Takes Two and a Half Millennials Charlotte SeleyOctober 8, 2019 The Baby Boomers are facing extinction and no longer buying Mother's Day gifts for their own mothers. My mother's mother is dead an... Poetry0 Comments
The Town Hero Plugs the Hole in the Dam Dylan LoringOctober 3, 2019 The town hero plugs the hole in the dam with her finger. An hour passes, then sweat drips down her eyebrows. The only mosquito for... Poetry0 Comments
Naraka.logic Dylan SondermanOctober 3, 2019 “A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.” - Rabindranath Tagore Mu logic-violation... Poetry0 Comments
Bart Schaneman on The Silence Is The Noise Tanner BallengeeOctober 20, 2018 Interview by Tanner Ballengee * * * Bart Schaneman didn’t write a book. He created a living, bleeding entity. Pulsating ... Interviews0 Comments
Escapism as Medicine, Making People Feel Nervous in Public, and Inspiration from the 7-Eleven Menu – A Chat with Porpentine Charity Heartscape October 8, 2017
End Times and Severance Pay Wilson JosephsonMarch 4, 2019 I know I’m late to the party on this one. Ever since Ling Ma’s Severance was published last August, it’s popped up on any number of year-end... Reviews0 Comments
