Ugly Music, by Diannely Antigua. Portland, Oregon: YesYes Books, May 2019. 99 pages. $18.00, paper. Diannely Antigua’s debut collection Ugly…
STAY, a poetry collection by Tanya Olson, reviewed by Esteban Rodríguez
Stay, by Tanya Olson. Portland, Oregon: YesYes Books, May 2019. 80 pages. $18.00, paper. Loss and departure can be tricky…
“Four Poems by a Middle-Aged Woman”: Laura Lee Washburn
After the Surgeon Cuts You or the bone snaps in eight places, the world recognizes you as the vessel for…
Three Micro-Poems by David Tomaloff
In Defense of Clouds the absence of caterpillar time— / weighted under a weightless sky, / the ibis eyeing a…
Paul Cunningham Reviews & more black, t’ai freedom ford’s second poetry collection
& more black, by t’ai freedom ford. Brooklyn, New York: Augury Books, July 2019. 104 pages. $18.00, double-sided book. “prehistoric…
“Sa (funeral koans)”: Poetry by Yohnmean Yoh
1 Secretary of State Dean Acheson actually greeted the invasion with relief, as it justified massive military appropriations that were…
Wendy J. Fox on GREAT AMERICAN DESERT, short stories by Terese Svoboda
Great American Desert, by Terese Svoboda. Columbus, Ohio: Mad Creek, March 2019. $15.37, paper. I was first introduced to Terese…
OPERATING SYSTEMS, a poetry collection by Joe Pan, reviewed by Eric Aldrich
Operating Systems, by Joe Pan. Spork Press, June 2019. 134 pages. $18.00, paper. The title of the Joe Pan’s poetry…
“Field Journal,” a poem-hybrid by Phil Spotswood
the last scientist does not know where the others have gone. he searches the corners of the stone hearth for…
Fiction by Marcus Pactor: “Cake”
—after Blake Butler The cake reminded me of the twins’ wet sludge food. I could never shovel it well…
Two Surreal Fictions by Michael Trocchia
The Uninvited It was the scene outside that would be of great consequence, yet they crowded around the uninvited guest,…
An Excerpt from ANGEL HOUSE, a coming-of-age horror novel by David Leo Rice
After crossing a vast inland sea in an ark called ANGEL HOUSE, Professor Squimbop docks on a distant shore. As…
