Anniversary Natalie WartherApril 14, 2021 It was Sunday, we’d already done the chores, nothing was on TV, and sex was still off the table, so we switched bodies, just to see what it ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
I Tell My Wife That I Want To Go To Outer Space Before I Die Tyrel KessingerApril 11, 2021 I tell my wife that I want to go to outer space before I die. “You’re crazy,” was all she said. Fair enough but then again she thinks everyo... Flash Fiction0 Comments
I Statistic. Now Tyrel KessingerMarch 2, 2021 Hello! Nice to meet you! I’m a statistic! (Previously a human being!) But when you die you become a statistic so here we are. I ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Perfect Woman Madeline CashNovember 23, 2020 Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison, a year of house arrest, and two years of probation after being charged with conspirac... Flash Fiction2 Comments
Moon Work Ryan NormanNovember 19, 2020 It’s the Dark Moon. I’ve been wandering these woods for hours, passing trees, each peak and valley in the bark a fingerprint, yet I circle t... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Death confetti Zoë MeagerNovember 10, 2020 Death actually just climbed into the cannon himself, so that was pretty profound and everything. Before he got in, he stood there ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Prepares to Attack Local Man for Talking Smack Jesse PradoApril 16, 2021 This foo said, "I have a strong immune system." That's laughable, but I’m taking that hella personally, to be quite honest. I just came on... Fiction0 Comments
Tulips Rhiannon JonesApril 15, 2021 Elise hadn’t known Dylan well enough to call him a friend, exactly, but in the strange summer between the end of exams and Results Day, she ... Fiction0 Comments
Bomb Cyclone Wilson KoewingApril 13, 2021 I woke up early to drive Rae to the airport. I’d gone back and forth about the Mardi Gras trip and finally decided to stay in Denver. We’d j... Fiction0 Comments
December Now Myles ZaveloApril 12, 2021 I’m crying because I can’t sleep. I can’t sleep because I’m crying. I wish I could cry myself to sleep. I haven’t been sleeping well sinc... Fiction0 Comments
A Pool Table is Bad News Dmitry SamarovMarch 4, 2021 An Excerpt from Old Style by Dmitry Samorav Matt and Laura come to the Blue Light every week. They order a pitcher of Old Style and play po... Fiction0 Comments
Bitches On Depop Maria Santa PoggiMarch 3, 2021 She goes to the Salvation Army every Sunday in hopes of finding the next haul for her Depop shop. As of last month, her shop has been select... Fiction0 Comments
Existential Poem on a Monday Susan L. LearyMarch 8, 2021 People die all the time on a Monday because the science behind it is so elegant. One more thing crossed off the to-do list: brush your teeth... Poetry0 Comments
Unpolished Victoria NordlundFebruary 16, 2021 You sip your Fit Vine wine from your filled-to-the-top Yeti. You don’t want to get up to pour more. Or, maybe, you want to say you only hav... Poetry0 Comments
the night i lived Michelle DrozdickFebruary 15, 2021 every night the backyard of the hookah lounge next door used to fill up with the usual crowd loudly enjoying the world and its splendors ... Poetry0 Comments
Grief Jamie ValentinoFebruary 10, 2021 Grief doesn’t evaporate into the sunlight of the morning. It’s heavier than the infinite raindrops falling, entrapping us with memories o... Poetry2 Comments
“Butcher” Bird Arrested in Series of North American Killings Aidan DanielFebruary 8, 2021 Police report the arrest of a creature believed to be responsible for the recent slaying of dozens of small animals in the immediate area. V... Poetry0 Comments
When I meet someone new I want to warn them but instead I ask questions Isabelle CorreaFebruary 2, 2021 where do you call home how many siblings do you have how many do you actually like— meanwhile the music is snow without mountains and th... Poetry0 Comments
Dim the Lights and Share a Viewing Experience: An Interview with Gina Nutt Gauraa ShekharApril 16, 2021 “Can a chainsaw be a god? A masked person’s bare hands?” Featuring eighteen essays that braid together memoir and criticism, Gina Nutt’s ... Interviews0 Comments
A New Kind of Poetics to Get Us Closer to Progress: An Interview with Michael Chang February 26, 2021
Cowboyism Is a School of Thought Begging to Be Broken Down: An Interview with Matt Mitchell January 29, 2021
We Are So Alone In the World: A review of The Handsome Man by Brad Casey Mallory SmartJanuary 10, 2021 Recommended for: manic oddballs and lonely hipsters everywhere When the world is upended, where will you go? Will your mind linger an... Reviews0 Comments
“A “Collected Works” Comprised of All the Times Your Life Fell Apart” / A Review of Brian Alan Ellis’ Sad Laughter November 30, 2020
WHAT PERMITS OUR IMAGINATION: A Review Of The Internet Is For Real by Chris Campanioni November 25, 2020
