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Issue 246
She had resisted the temptation of a dishwasher in honour of her mother and meditation From “My Mother Saw a U.F.O.” by Steve Denehan Contributors: Maryann Aita, Darren Cormier, Steve Denehan, Wendy...
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Issue 247
It’s the only picture I will ever own of you. I saved it from mom’s ire, her rage and anomy, Her violence and her vodka. From “Framed” by Randi Lee Contributors: Andrew O. Dugas, Randi Lee, Ken...
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Issue 248
A poem unread subsists on wanting, a near-constant flux of non-existence From “A Poem’s Mostly Death” by Jason Hackett Contributors: Robert Bockstael, Jason Hackett, Jeffrey James Higgins, Donna James,...
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Issue 249
The vein yielded rivults of ink, redolent of nothing more From “What Kind of Birds are Those” by Trevor Pyle Contributors: Danny Beusch, Patrice Boyer Claeys, Kerry Graham, Julia Hadrich, Katy Mullins,...
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Issue 250
The desert would no longer be holy, but proof of concept, theology in the landscape, beyond golden doors and stained glass windows. From “If Water Were Religion: Some Doubts and a Reprisal” by Jane...
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Issue 251
Sunrise. Vapors gather. Roots jut from a tangled slope climb as ivy climbs cling to cedar trunks plunge into wet black loam. From “Seguridad” by Jesse Minkert Contributors: Kay Rae Chomic, Shereee...
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Issue 252
I wear shades to block your light but still recall the hanging moon, how it bathed your face in whisky dark. From “Decathect,” poetry by Diane DeCillis Contributors: Diane DeCillis, Blaze Farrar,...
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Issue 253
Over the green ice of Squaw Lake, kerosene smoke wipes across the sky. From “Fishless” by Lisa Shirley Contributors: Patricia Bidar, Mason Binkley, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Chloe Yelena Mille, Brian...
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Issue 254
Regina awoke with a lobster claw for a left arm. She wasn’t surprised, exactly. She’d had a sense of it, a premonition, really, that the claw would be coming. From “Shredding” by Cara Long Corra...
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Issue 255
There was a big door right in the middle of the plaza on their way to work. And I mean right in the middle of the plaza. It was pre-hung and free to swing open and closed, which, rest assured, it...
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Issue 256
“I hear there is a very special letter for us at the general store,” I announce. “They say the envelope is the color of breast milk with ribbons the texture of Inshwa’s wings wrapped around it.” From...
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Issue 257
Time is unholy. I have seen the clock faces wildly and extracted the rotten teeth of their ever pressing demands. From “Temping” by G. Paul Randall Contributors: Andrew Bertaina, Damyanti Biswas, Karen...
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Issue 258
I’m in a basement room, dirty mauve blinds, view into an airshaft. It might be raining. Hard to tell here. Thanks for driving me back From “The Silver Dollar Letter” by Barbara Daniels Contributors:...
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Issue 259
When the brain is quiet and the night too long with no love, to squint is to wake up images and call them fishhawks From “Aurora” by Stephn Massimilla Contributors: Tom Barlow, Marty Carlock, Kelle...
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Issue 260
These things add up, but if you sparse them out, spread them like spilled salt, you could trick the eye, the ever vigilant Eye. From “Late Bloomer” by A. Martine Contributors: Amanda Barusch, Connor...
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Issue 261
Lamps flicker and cough, hiss blubbery blue, as we split bellies and dislodge entrails… From “Whaling on Neptune” by Alex Pickens Contributors: Timothy Caldwell, Emily Costa, Natasha Deonarain, Dina...
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Issue 262
You can hear it, right? I inhale, deep, deep, in search of words. I can barely breathe. From “The Crash” by Ann E. Wallace Contributors: Louise Julig, Jean Passarelli, Fabrice Poussin, Ken Poyner,...
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Issue 263
That morning, she did not walk the dog. She didn’t make coffee or brush her teeth. She didn’t get dressed and she didn’t jog the two miles to the studio for a warm-up. From “Suspended Motion” by B. B....
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Issue 266
I don’t feel myself being devoured. I don’t crunch between his teeth like I thought I would. Instead I splatter. – Short Fiction by Dani Hererra Contributors: Cate McGowan, Shome Dasgupta, Burton...
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Issue 267
in the forest of the continuation: see the moon winking it is a thing to do From “Moon Moon” by J. D. Nelson Contributors: Kara Mae Brown, Mehreen Chawla, Stephanie Kaplan Cohen, Rich Giptar, Robert P....
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