I left my hearton a Greyhound bus on the nightof the lunar eclipse when my seat-mate drank vodka and neon-red fruit punchfrom a soda cup, called every relative he had,and begged them to look out […]
Good Night (Joshua Hebburn)
It was Thursday evening, and they sat at the little table in the kitchen drinking beer while the spaghetti boiled and the canned sauce warmed up. “Do you remember Goodnight Moon?” “No.” “You didn’t read […]
Sea Breeze (Paige Olivia Roberts)
Sea Breeze: 1 1/2 oz Vodka 3 oz Cranberry juice 1 1/2 oz Grapefruit juice Garnish with a lime wedge While the Kennedy’s sit across the bar and sip on their dignified signature cocktail, go […]
god forbid (Nila Narain)
god forbid i have a body god forbid i show its lines, its curves, its stretchmarks: yaw / pitch god forbid it transforms grows, revels in its own glory god forbid it lets its mere […]
Fort Collins, Colorado: A Portrait (Johannah Racz Knudson)
We forget the connection between fort and fortress, as in keep out. Still, this town’s high on the best places to live lists, reason for another block of pricey apartments. Antifreeze-blue port-a-potties and little men […]
Wolfjaw (Elizabeth Muller)
I will live and die for the ocean, but goddamn if there isn’t something about a mountain stream. It’s not so much that the mountains make me feel small but that the world seems bigger […]
the thousand times to remember the rising and falling of the sun (Nosakhare Collins)
before he died my father told mei’d make the monster that would kill meso i know this was someone else’s deathhappily chanting into my feet hoping to devour mein seconds. i recognize the plight smile,perhaps it thought i […]
When You Can Strangely Summon Smells from a Long-Lost Time (Anandi Mishra)
smell of your mother’s presence, from behind her ears. smell of that favorite sweet cologne of a pretentious cousin from another cousin’s wedding. the smell of late December and early January rains that hooded your […]
With Three Black Olives (Travis Cravey)
Daddy didn’t like spending money in restaurants. A waste, he told us, when we have food at home. I mostly ate fast food when I visited my grandparents. But, on strange and wonderful occasions, my […]
Rejection Letters 