It’s Good to Be Ashurnaspiral II The dunes part. Enter oasis. I emerge from the desert on my immaculate Bactrian,…
Two Poems by Vincent Poturica
The Unknowable A small German boy splashes in puddles of radioactive measured calmness. The puddles are not, in fact, radioactive…
“A Catalogue of Things That Follows from Looking”: William Lessard Interviews Julia Madsen, author of THE BONEYARD, THE BIRTH MANUAL, A BURIAL: INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE HEARTLAND
Julia Madsen is a writer who thinks like a filmmaker, a filmmaker who thinks like a writer, and an artist…
“Lovers’ Lane,” original short fiction by Michael Cole
Lovers’ Lane was a lake, an old crater, faintly heart-shaped, about a mile outside of town. On any Friday…
“The Roadmap to Escape the Inferno”: Jason Teal Reviews Candice Weuhle’s Poetry Collection BOUND
BOUND, by Candice Weuhle. Lawrence, Kansas: Inside the Castle, 2018. $18.00, paper. Too often presses aspire to publishing on the…
“A Growing Crisis,” a Presidential erasure by Tara Campbell
*** Tara Campbell (taracampbell.com) is a fiction editor at Barrelhouse and an MFA candidate at American University. Prior…
“Change Is Always Possible”: Hillary Leftwich Interviews Mairead Case
Mairead Case is a teacher, writer, and editor in Denver, Colorado. She publishes widely, and wrote the novel See You in…
Job Aid Flash Fiction: “Become a Target at a Boy Scout Camping Trip” by J. Bradley
J. Bradley is a two-time winner of Wigleaf‘s Top 50 (Very) Short Fictions. He’s the author of…
Five Poems by Alyse Knorr
Wolf Tours: Day One The wolves have eaten the children— or so say the clients, unaware of the existence of…
SPACE ACADEMY 123, an ensemble graphic novel by Mickey Zacchilli, reviewed by Trey Brown
Space Academy 123, by Mickey Zacchilli. Toronto, Ontario: Koyama Press, October 2018. 216 pages. $18.00, paper. Space Academy 123 is…
THE FIRE LIT & NEARING, J.G McClure’s debut poetry collection, reviewed by Daniel Casey
The Fire Lit & Nearing, by J.G. McClure. Brooklyn, New York: Indolent Books, May 2018. 78 pages. $14.99, paper. Ruminating…
The Heavy Feather Holiday Special: “Winter Solstice,” a short story by Jordan A. Rothacker
In the front yard, there is a nativity scene that awaits the birth of its Christ. Mother set up…
