Can we exorcise a memory? Can we purge those that are a danger to us? Rewriting moments of trauma while…
Volume 12 of the Heavy Feather Review literary annual. Featuring art from Russell Evans and anti-comics by Tex Gresham. Fiction…
In my younger and more vulnerable years, I used to have a very bad habit that routinely got me into…
Omens When the moon appeared, a violent red sphere riding low on the prow of the sky, everyone in the…
Dissections Aortic. Sudden. Injurious. A natural violence of the innermost. A seepage that breaks open the layers of the central…
“I need more pills.” My mom’s texts arrive throughout my day—during back-to-back work meetings, while I’m driving to pick up…
South Bend, Indiana, is a magnet for floral-horror. Summer there is so bright and blue it feels like a threat:…
Digression has been recognized as a distinct talent since at least the twilight of the Roman Republic when Cicero served…
On September 11, 1973, Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile during a coup d’état supported by the United States, overthrowing…
The first poem of They Can Take It Out presents a recognizable scene: Halloween, children in synthetics, the speaker babysitting,…
Husband-Safe Carolina didn’t know when the pain began, but one day she bit into a cracker, and it arrived like…
When I learned Zach VandeZande had a new short story collection coming out, I jumped at the opportunity to read…
shroud trick Step 1. Start with a square sheet of paper with the white side facing up. Fold the paper in…
As implied in its title, Louise Marburg’s latest, award-winning collection features lives in transition. Each tale is a journey centered…
Size matters. I have yet to forget the first time I read those words, (and yes, in the exact context…
The Box The box was waiting on my porch when I came home from acupuncture. Cardboard, square, criss-crossed with blue…
Jonathan Cardew’s collection of twelve tales is both an honest and an ironic dive into our humanity. In the marvelous…
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