You’re The Most Entertaining Person I’ve Ever Met Torey AkersJuly 7, 2020 Rhea sits in a weathered Adirondack chair outside her trailer home in Novelty, Ohio, the only hotel-free location in the whole of Russell To... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Mechanisms of Defense Nina Shevzov-ZebrunMay 27, 2020 Altruism The rain is unexpected, so violent the sun chokes. A stranger gives away her umbrella. Humor (warning: me... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Hairy Monster Ben UmayamMay 4, 2020 “You very handsome now. You look very cool. You look 26, not 62!” Cheryl laughed her low, deep laugh. If Cher had a Malaysian counterpa... Flash Fiction15 Comments
WAS IT SOMETHING I WROTE? Colin NewtonApril 16, 2020 It's been six weeks, two days and 17 hours since we last spoke. I know I shouldn't be thinking about you as often as I am. I certainly shoul... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Tongues Yasha CastsApril 13, 2020 There’s a trend here. She says 5, I say 6:30; she asks where I am, I say, “coming;” she stares at her watch, I arrive frenzied. I voiced my ... Flash Fiction0 Comments
Sci-Fi Saturday Charles GroselApril 4, 2020 Past the point of no return something always goes terribly wrong—an exploding oxygen tank, an errant asteroid, sabotage by the Iago-like sto... Flash Fiction0 Comments
The World Is a Cesspool but My Heart Tells Me to Hold on Just a Little Longer Benjamin DeVosJuly 10, 2020 I was a rookie detective investigating my first homicide. I knocked on the suspect’s door, and Ryan Gosling answered, wearing a bloodstained... Fiction0 Comments
Demolition Day Lindsay CrudeleJuly 3, 2020 This year, I decided I’m going to become a real bad bitch. I’m nobody’s punching bag. I’ll show them. My therapist told me that it’s ok t... Fiction0 Comments
SLEEP DEBT Jon SkolnikJune 30, 2020 When Eli couldn’t sleep, he gambled. And when he couldn’t gamble, he walked The Strip. But since he was newly bound by the limits of unemplo... Fiction0 Comments
A Collection of Anxiety Maria Santa PoggiJune 29, 2020 A small cappuccino with skim milk. A small cappuccino with skim milk. A small cappuccino with skim milk. A small cappuccino with skim milk. ... Fiction0 Comments
Natural Selection Dan FrazierJune 29, 2020 As I carry him up the last set of stairs, he slides off my shoulder again. My arms wrap around his thighs and catch him, stop him from a nas... Fiction0 Comments
How To Hide A Haunting Before The House Goes On The Market Corey FarrenkopfJune 22, 2020 My mother is dead, yet ever-present. In the kitchen, her disembodied words peel through the walls. In the basement, by the washing machine, ... Fiction0 Comments
Quarantine Walks Kelly MullinsJuly 8, 2020 It’s like you’re mad at me For expecting something from you I think As I pace listening to the soundtrack Of tram cars and trucks B... Poetry0 Comments
A GUIDE TO GOING OFF YOUR ROCKER Hibah ShabkhezJuly 6, 2020 Step 1: Prepare to spend each quarantine-morning locked in mortal combat with all the winged vermin in the city. Every time you op... Poetry0 Comments
Birth Control Melodrama Maria Santa PoggiJuly 6, 2020 The insulin resistance is blocking my bloodstream freeway. My blood sugar spikes and I find myself elated with a deity swimming in the... Poetry0 Comments
Natural Fact E. Kristin AndersonJuly 2, 2020 (after The Mary Timony Band) I was never good at climbing fences—the rust bites too hard into my skin to launch me from one ... Poetry0 Comments
retrospective on belonging Sarah Sophia YanniJuly 1, 2020 do you understand my home? are your parents from this country? I am ten, there are too many rules, too many parts I can’t make sense of. how... Poetry0 Comments
Please Pay Attention Lucy ZhangJune 29, 2020 Because I had to listen to the water boiling so it wouldn’t spill over, I forgot to use the handguard of my mandolin, lost to the rhythm of ... Poetry0 Comments
A Different Headspace, an Interview with Nick G. and Francis D., authors of With a Difference Kevin SterneApril 9, 2020 With a Difference, a joint book of stories by Nick Gregorio and poems by Francis Daulerio, is a collaborative effort forged from a long frie... Interviews4 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
Condemned to the shadows of Joy: a Review of Comaville by Kevin Bigley Mallory SmartMay 4, 2020 I’ve been bouncing around from book to book these last few months, that seem to have lasted a lifetime. And during this era that we are both... Reviews0 Comments
Replacing Furballs with Truffles: a review of Juliette Sebock’s How My Cat Saved My Life February 14, 2020
