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
Janine Janelle BassettDecember 13, 2019 My friend’s mother is coming to pick me up for a sleepover so I need to quickly disguise who I really am. I spritz myself with grapefruit-li... Fiction0 Comments
Let Christmas Grow Up Laura ArciniegaDecember 12, 2019 On December 8, Santa Claus realized that it hadn’t snowed yet in any of the mountain ranges around the Inland Empire. Mount San Antonio, Mou... Fiction0 Comments
A Brief History of the ’80s Action Figure Soccer League Greg OldfieldDecember 9, 2019 We used to play soccer every day. In the beginning, Yoda encouraged us to try different surfaces like the Brazilians and pelada. Carpet i... Fiction0 Comments
You and Your Depression Sara LippmannDecember 4, 2019 As a mother, there is little option. You drag your depression everywhere. You can’t not show, and it’s not something to leave at home like a... Fiction0 Comments
Obscure Disco Laurel ShimasakiDecember 3, 2019 Come dance. For the love of Caitlyn. She is paying this wedding DJ money, too much money for disco songs nobody recognizes. Not to trash dis... Fiction0 Comments
Lizzy from Lake Placid Steve GergleyNovember 26, 2019 The day after my thirty-fourth birthday, I had a dream about Lana Del Rey. In the dream me and Lana were sitting on a California beach at mi... Fiction0 Comments
Automatonophobia Victoria NordlundDecember 12, 2019 Then suddenly, one day in 1925, success. John Logie Baird transmitted the first ever recognisable TV image across his attic workroom. The im... Poetry0 Comments
Famous in Canada Dylan LoringNovember 26, 2019 Kate and I want to be famous in Canada. So far our competition for the front cover of the Molson box includes Seth Rogen, universal he... Poetry0 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
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
