Lurking For P.A, C*, J, P, D, and friends The campus’ hallway remained silent since the university’s closure earlier this … More
Category: Last Word
Writers getting the last word. HFR is invested in elevating art by marginalized groups with this blog feature.
“the silence feat. uranus, neptune,” a poem by Michael Russell
the silence feat. uranus, neptune in the new dubfor season 3 of sailor moon, the outer guardiansuranus & neptune are … More
Four Poems by Joel Anthony Harris
Prince Varmint Stops a Viking Siege I’ll never forget the Bastille Day, how it stormed the countrytown like a kettle … More
Excerpt from SCARLET: Three Glitched Still Lives by Francesco Levato
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. SCARLET is a digital visual/poetic meditation on the fractured state of psyche … More
“Cordyceps,” a flash essay by Sher Ting
Cordyceps Did you know cordyceps colonizes the bodies of carpenter ants, chemically hypnotizing them to ascend to the highest point … More
“Floating Lessons,” a love poem by Levi Cain
Floating Lessons i love you atlantic oceani love you dog beach in februaryyour hair swirling in the wind all perfumei … More
Three Poems by Estelle Bajou
Some of Us Are Born Some of us give birth to ourselvesOn the edge of the reservoirWhere you can hear … More
Flash Fiction: “Going In” by Kim Farleigh
Going In “I was able,” James said, “to ignore it until yesterday; but last night, it was just impossible.” Sitting … More
“My Mother Has Many Tricks”: Flash Fiction by Sacha John Bissonnette
My Mother Has Many Tricks In one of Grandma’s stories, she found my mother in the backyard, middle of the … More
“Same Green”: A Short Story by Lucciana Costa
Same Green If you stay: if you stay, it will kill you. You will wither, shrink, shrivel up like a … More
“Hands”: Poetry by Tam Nguyen
Hands On March 16, 2021, a white gunman committed mass shootings in the Northern suburbs of Atlanta, United States, resulting … More
Four Poems by Sarah Cavar
POV: Asking my clinician what he will get me (free) My doctor foots an opening too small for me.A catholic … More
Three Poems by Lisandra Perez
How to Be Happy Consider this: buy a straw hat (maybe two), toss a bag over your shoulder,and walk west … More
“Neither Fish Nor Fowl”: A Short Story by Yunya Yang
Neither Fish Nor Fowl He knows my name, my real name. Not Katie. Katie is my English name. I came … More
Three Flash Fictions: Andrew Tran
Moniker My “friends” kept calling me, Asian. And I was Asian, I am Asian. But they called me Asian as … More