1. Friday at school I did nothing but read my grandpa’s journal. In class I kept the red leather-bound book in my lap, glancing down at his meticulous handwriting every chance I got. I spent […]
Intercession
In this house, everything is mine.
Einstein Visits the Piggly Wiggly
There was the time Einstein visited the Piggly Wiggly. Alfred has it recorded in a photograph. The photograph is really of a later time, that afternoon perhaps, after the Piggly Wiggly, when Einstein was standing […]
The Opposite of a Worm
1) It happened before the second trimester. At my mother’s ultrasound, the doctor said my twin had not survived. I don’t have such a moment of discovery. I just always knew. 2) The psychic in […]
Rejection Letter: Mandira Pattnaik
Dear Travancore Beach, Thank you for sending us, ‘Snapshots from Yesteryears’. Unfortunately, we couldn’t come up with better news in these testing times but we want you to know this rejection does not mean never. […]
The Sweet Spot
“I’m sorry,” she said in her honeyed voice. “While I appreciate the effort it must have taken to tear your heart out, it’s not quite right for me.”
Paradise My Ass
Dig your bible story babies: Adam and Eve Yahweh’s hobby-serfs made ignorant put to work as gardeners they’d still be there except a wily serpent set them straight on how things worked […]
Sutton County Drive
They left San Antonio at four in the morning. Their mother had given no explanation for waking the boys up, dressing them, and loading them into the back of their station wagon. The younger boy, […]
Rejection Letter: Temidayo Jacob
“Dear BBC, for being fucked the 69th time but never tired of being ridden a bit. we appreciate the chance to accept your poem, “the girth and length of your big black cock”. we value […]
Rejection Letters 