“This New Dark”: Short Fiction by Chase Dearinger

  The very last thing: the roof rose up seamlessly from the house, sat perfectly still a hundred feet above … More

“Ghosts”: Five Poems by Conor Scruton

  Pareidolia In summer we make stories for the ungrowing seasons, the sweatspeckled back of the blue sky made real … More

“Unhaunted,” a short story by Madeleine Sardina

  The ghosts had always been loud. Like rats or squirrels, they scampered in and out of our homes, tampering … More

New Fiction: “Karen” by Eleanor Levine

  She speaks thirty seconds, a mere thirty seconds, after I ignore her for five years, and then I’m back. … More

Chelsea Biondolillo’s essay collection THE SKINNED BIRD, reviewed by Christen Kauffman

The Skinned Bird, by Chelsea Biondolillo. Hamilton, New York: KERNPUNKT Press, May 2019. 165 pages. $14.99, paper.   Song birds, … More

Shane Jesse Christmass on DEATH VALLEY SUPERSTARS, Duke Haney’s occasionally fatal essay collection

Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventures in Filmland, by Duke Haney. Delancey Street Press, December 2018. 306 pages. $15.95, paper. … More

Collaborative Poetry: “In a Late Stage” by Tony Mancus & CL Bledsoe

In a Late Stage It’s not a question of outrunning the bear; it’s a question of perfectly seasoning the salmon. … More

AMAZING THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE, short stories by Jacob M. Appel, reviewed by Patrick Parks

Amazing Things Are Happening Here, by Jacob M. Appel. Black Lawrence Press, April 2019. 152 pages. $17.95, paper. In her … More

Three Hypnophobia Poems by Ellie White

  Hypnophobia1 #17 In the basement of the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis, there is a carousel. Or at least, there … More

“Up next,” a visual story hybrid by N.D. Brown

_____________________________________ 1. The following are real YouTube videos generated from the search, “Protect My Family.” 2. Times Watched: 3 3. … More

Three Disaster Movies from The Future: Poems by Lucas Pingel

  Disaster Movie At the edge of the locust storm our toes Make a quiet music a prayer for broken … More

Ryan Mills: “Poem”

Then his pancakes come and I’m like Please leave the flowers— and really, after his question (“have you ripped a … More