“Trump or Wile E. Coyote?”: A Current Events Quiz by Tara Campbell

Choose A, B, or C for each of the numbered items below: A) Real or proposed border control measure B) … More

Five Plane Crashes by Chance Dibben

The Disappeared The airliner is not at the bottom of the ocean. Nor is it blown to bits over … More

If Forced to Join Maleatra Montanez know that he will say your legs burst wide like syrup poured his throat … More

an essay about funerals I want to set a car on fire, set guns on fire, set love on … More

On Sundays, we butchered. It made us so happy, S— and me. We did not mind the blood or … More

Angelica finds herself in the nexus of several intersecting red corridors. Everything is red: the walls, the stucco ceiling, … More

Anecdote of the Jar I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It … More

“It’s when you gallop that your parasites are most alive.” —Henri Michaux I used to be a poet … More

We editors love reading at HFR—and talking books, writing, and publishing around the clock—so we decided to catalog our selections … More

Mother’s Dance #1 Mother does not Want to dance alone Come child She’s trying to bring You into the music … More

Wendigo III Rasp of rawhide, knock of bone on hollow bone, clatter of loose broad teeth set in cervine … More

I’m Tired of Men Telling Me They’re Afraid I’m Going to Write about Them It isn’t a dream when you … More