There comes a time in every failing relationship when all the good things get filtered out and all that’s left are the shitty things plus the habit of staying together. That’s what happened to us. […]
Skunk (dave housley)
The skunk gets his bearings. He is…where is he? It is cold, dark, as always the landscape is glossy and rolling and endless. He taps for the cigarettes in his left front pocket, knowing even […]
Lower Michigan (Mackenzie Moore)
First thing on your docketonce ‘ya been pricked by the needle? Go get pricked by needlesfill the tank up with inksaturate the swathsthat stood vacant and lonely—like the kolache shop that ran out of money— all those months Go […]
Nachos Supreme (Michele Feltman Strider)
Mornings were a struggle. Feed the cats, walk the dogs, get her up and dressed and out of the door in time for her appointment. Sometimes he skipped breakfast, too busy sorting pills and pouring […]
SAVE UP TO 20% OFF YOUR NEXT SHOP (John Banning)
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A Map Home (S. R. Schulz)
We hike to the top of the mountain. My Son connects the land and sky. He presses his palms into the grass until they’re imprinted. He turns them up to me. Rivulets dance across his life and […]
The Deal With Bigfoot (Jack B. Bedell)
If the feng shui of your brain’s set up properly,Bigfoot doesn’t have to make a soundto communicate what he needs you to know. As long as you’re not jamming shitwith your phone or setting up […]
Bandicoot Summer (Rhea Dhanbhoora)
There was a summer when big bandicoots took over. The same summer they took over you said we were better together, the summer we lived together, the summer we bought a hamster, the summer I […]
“Maggie the Cat” (Blake L. Bell)
Spend most of the family party daydreaming: visiting dive bars down the river, throwing back bourbon, taking home a rough man. Want to be punished. Always want to be taken apart. What if you run […]
Rejection Letters 