NOTES FROM A PLASTIC PARENTHOOD

Travis D. RobersonMay 10, 2022

Hannah gasps as she pushes one last time. A baby's hollering follows. I take a deep breath and prepare myself for umbilical cutting duties. “No need,” says D...

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The Experience Machine

Remi SkytterstadMay 9, 2022

At first glance, Isak looked almost human. I found him splayed against the rocks after a winter storm on one of my daily walks along the shoreline. But as I got...

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Killing of seven clowns

Ali ZarbaliMay 8, 2022

I It was only later, he realized that these all was nothing more than crop of boredom. He had already had such realizations, of those he thought most crucial...

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Los Angeles Bar Crawl

Aatif RashidMay 4, 2022

1. He begins in a bar in Santa Monica in the early evening, a gastropub that serves burgers and beer, though he only has beer, first a lager from a local brewer...

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What Happened in the OG Parking Lot After Dinner Rush Last Tuesday

Kari TreeseMay 3, 2022

Kim bought the mobility van at auction last week. She bid $500 and won because the odometer read 106000 miles and the motorized ramp didn’t work. She paid the e...

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Paper Men

Rebecca FerrierMay 2, 2022

The first one slips in through a paper cut and I burn where his fingers part skin. He climbs in. Enters, head first, shoulders, a slick unbirthing ‘til his feet...

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Pretentious Fucks Review is Now Accepting Submissions!

Brittany CrosseMay 1, 2022

PFR is now accepting submissions!!!! We are looking for original, unpublished fiction. Yes, we are fully aware that no work of fiction is entirely original, ...

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26 Kids

Michael HallerApril 21, 2022

No doubt when Peter Alexander recalled the most traumatic events of his life, he was compelled to reflect on the disaster of his first marriage and the birth of...

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Baja Blast

Kylee WebbApril 12, 2022

I knew the moment she broke up with me that I needed to go to Taco Bell. When she barreled into my room and berated me about my distant attitude—as I loaded up ...

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RAT TRAP

Clint MargraveApril 11, 2022

“Looks like you’ve got a rat problem,” said the exterminator. He wore a blue and white surgical mask and stood at a safe distance in Deb’s living room. He...

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Psycle

James Jacob HatfieldApril 6, 2022

It’s 1:30 AM and I take my lunch early.   I overslept and got to work over an hour late and my heart hasn’t chilled out with it’s beating yet. &nb...

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Taco Bell, Pete Buttigieg, and Me

Francois BereaudApril 5, 2022

I’m pretty sure Pete Buttigieg didn’t propose to his husband in a Taco Bell. But under the fluorescent lighting, and with the grease of our Fiery Doritos Locos ...

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Camacho’s Best Tacos

Timothy C GoodwinApril 4, 2022

The food truck from Camacho’s Best Tacos pulled into the construction site across the street every morning around 10, wobbling like a happy drunk over ruts goug...

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To Live or Die in Mexico

Christian H. MoralesApril 4, 2022

The first time Luna heard about it, she told her brother León that it was a terrible idea to work as a coyote—if that activity could be considered a job—and now...

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Icons

Michael McSweeneyMarch 27, 2022

The woman stood at the window. Winter air seeped through gaps around the panes and cooled the sweat on her body. A cigarette smoldered inches from her thigh. Th...

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Milestones

Wilson KoewingMarch 24, 2022

Jade texted one Sunday morning in early March. Spring had all but arrived, perfect on a cascading breeze down from the mountains, but if I knew anything about C...

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Maybe Some Grimm’s

Sasha WolffMarch 23, 2022

Dear Beevis, The other night I dreamt you were still alive. You and I were in a fairy-tale. I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm finally starting college in ...

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We Always Eat The Ones We Love

Anne BootyMarch 16, 2022

The vomit of a thousand or so small white dots stuck to the windowpane like wedding confetti. Guest figured the hotel had been designed with this strange featur...

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I Am Looking For a Very Specific Video

Reuben DendingerMarch 15, 2022

I am looking for a very specific video. No, not the one you’re thinking of. Not that one either. I doubt you’ve ever seen it. In fact I doubt I’ve even seen it...

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The Greatest Show on Earth

Jack MoodyMarch 10, 2022

Her voices flickers between the walls, somewhere out of reach, echoing off the wide, curved confines of the amphitheater. It comes in waves, the words themselve...

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The Golden Perfect Assistant to the Assistant Coach

Garth MiróMarch 2, 2022

People say if you say something about someone who has more than you, that you’re just jealous. And yes, of course that’s true, but I also know it’s absolutely n...

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The Queen Is Not Dead

Dana BellFebruary 25, 2022

The hall is quiet and secluded, and no one else is there but her. They’ve let her take her dogs, whose short legs move along the marble in short steps, steps th...

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black cherry syrup

Leandra MarshallFebruary 15, 2022

Thirty-two. She could always tell. Her mind’s eye pried open their jaws and counted each one, slipping a careful fingertip over old silver caps, oxidized fillin...

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An Ugly Decision #5

Scott Mitchel MayFebruary 15, 2022

A man wakes up one day and decides to leave his wife and quit his job and take everything that he considers his and burn it on the front lawn, leaving only the ...

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The Accidental Generalissimo

Eli S. EvansFebruary 2, 2022

A lazy man without ambition sought an opportunity he did not expect to be offered but nonetheless believed himself qualified to receive. Of course, the man did ...

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Friday Night at the Pine Valley Mall

Steve GergleyJanuary 31, 2022

On Friday night, me and Kyoko drive out to the Pine Valley Mall. The mall shut down six years ago, but we still go every weekend. It’s something of a tradition ...

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OTHER LOVE

Peterson BergJanuary 28, 2022

In the abyss between beeps, I come awake. Before me is a sanitary fog; white, dull-white, white, soft blue. My eyelids shuffle and rollick, stretching florescen...

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The Humor Consultant

M. TalleyJanuary 26, 2022

  Call me Jean. People say it's an ambiguous name, but I say screw 'em. Let guys named Gene worry about that. My parents expect me to bring the laughs. ...

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Therapy From An Uber Driver

Jeana MahanJanuary 25, 2022

To: jennyreadsmanga249@gmail.com From: paigeward16@yahoo.com Subject: Who needs to spend thousands of dollars on therapy when you can pay $10 for an Uber ...

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house of the dead

Nolan Perla-WardJanuary 24, 2022

I remember earlier in April when the car crashed into the convenience store by my house. I was inside with friends looking at different flavors of Arizona Iced ...

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