Portable Ashton CarlileMarch 13, 2019 I am who many people are: a person quite comfortable in their time zone, with a soul lodged inside of me somewhere, woven through my rib cag... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Unless You’re a Narcissist, You’re Not Truly Loved by Anyone Simon PinkertonMarch 13, 2019 Not forever anyway. Never forever. The most repeated and perfect piece of advice given to parents of small children is “enjoy it while it... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Someone, Somewhere Else Jessalyn JohnsonFebruary 7, 2019 Sitting alone with my back against the wall I watch people walk in and out of the little store, periodically checking my phone to see if it’... Flash Fiction0 Comments
A Drowning : a collaborative work by Alexandra Kulik and Julian Senn-Raemont Alexandra Kulik and Julian Senn-RaemontFebruary 5, 2019 Maybe it’s my birthday. I feel a head taller, but still shorter than the rest. I take the train into the city, a sort of fist bumping, rebe... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The Footlong Con Ryan DaltonFebruary 5, 2019 “Just give it to me!” he impatiently barked, as though this were a surgical incision and not an artfully crafted sandwich, as though I could... Flash Fiction0 Comments
BRODY THE CLASSICIST Avee ChaudhuriJanuary 27, 2019 I used to teach high school and my favorite student by far was Brody Philips. He was not particularly bright, but one day, the spring of his... Flash Fiction0 Comments
$$$ Zac SmithMarch 15, 2019 I sold everything I felt like I wouldn't want to pass along to my kids, whenever, if-ever, I had them. Which meant I sold everything, basica... Fiction0 Comments
Unchanged Melodies Kristine BrownMarch 13, 2019 They circled around him. The children, in their apricot tans and indigo violet jeans, pointing at where his glasses were bent askew. A boy, ... Fiction0 Comments
Hey Jerry, You Gotta See This Thing Joel KassackFebruary 11, 2019 It’s of a bald eagle looking off to the side in a smoldering, sort of brooding kind of way, like Richard Gere in American Gigolo. ... Fiction0 Comments
A SONG YOU CAN DIE TO Daniel de LeónFebruary 8, 2019 Under the backyard lamps, amid the hum of summer insects in the near-northern suburbs of Jaffa, Ariel drew his guitar from its case. Zamir ... Fiction0 Comments
On the Edge of the Woods Kyra KondisFebruary 6, 2019 Dylan and Olivia have bad news for each other. “You go first,” Dylan says. He is still deciding what to say, how to explain. Olivia mu... Fiction0 Comments
Artifacts of Holy Amalgamation Mike CorraoFebruary 5, 2019 The technician approaches the jaw of the subject. She slides her fingers from the teeth to the throat and slowly pries the joint open. Pale ... Fiction0 Comments
ALTAR Michael Wayne HamptonMarch 19, 2019 Why do you return to the gravesite after strands of words read wrong draw circle around your feet After the stone has been rolled away... Poetry0 Comments
Days Fly By Frank G. KariorisMarch 13, 2019 The days that just fly by are the best and worst. What happens in them? Where did they go? For the most part I would say that to the lar... Poetry0 Comments
Heavy vein connecting my brain and stomach Nathan CainesMarch 13, 2019 God damn. God damn. God damn. I sink beneath the hands in surrender Obliteration pleasure In the miasma of winter Things look bi... Poetry0 Comments
VIBRATO Lauren SaxonMarch 13, 2019 We spent the night performing blood transfusions pumping alcohol into each other’s veins to displace the sadness Drunk enough to grow, but... Poetry0 Comments
Heavy vein connecting my brain and stomach Nathan CainesFebruary 15, 2019 God damn. God damn. God damn. I sink beneath the hands in surrender Obliteration pleasure In the miasma of winter Things look binary An... Poetry0 Comments
alchemy: an introduction Lawrence Lorraine MullenFebruary 14, 2019 after Hiromu Arakawa’s Full Metal Alchemist liberal arts colleges should let you try your hand at alchemy a humanity of the hard scien... 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
