THE EMPLOYEES, a workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn, reviewed by Titus Chalk

Powerful men like to send things into space. Perhaps the darkness between the stars is the proximity to godliness they … More

MASTER OF RODS AND STRINGS, Jason Marc Harris’ debut novella, reviewed by Maxwell Malone

“The life of puppets […] is the dance of the fingers. Puppeteers of old—they say—would connect wires from their veins, … More

the cinder path harder to writemyself a noteon the back of the eulogythan the eulogyit takes a long timeto tune … More

Black. Star. Pieces. —for Rosmarie Waldrop 1 The gathering of parts to their parts, will there be gathering of … More

In Another Lifetime In a basement in what was known as Seattle, a watchmakersolders a metal wing onto a robot … More

Prince Varmint Stops a Viking Siege I’ll never forget the Bastille Day, how it stormed the countrytown like a kettle … More

Rose Mask is a series of transcriptions of conversations between myself and the customers I served at a cocktail lounge … More

The Image Devours Itself 1 Adam Thorman If only my mouth it is that I will turn, seaward. Glow the … More

Fairy Tale After James Schuyler I heard a rooster crow three times this morning.What does it mean, whom have I … More

OUR SPERM COUNT IS DOWN! We watched a magic-heist last night. It was like J.K. Rowling wrote an episode of … More

O Pen the State/open the say/ate the stated We are always one link from disaster blinking the clouds top the mountains like … More

Nance Van Winckel’s ninth poetry collection, The Many Beds of Martha Washington, is just out with the Pacific Northwest Poetry Series/Lynx … More

I Couldn’t Stop Looking I am standing in the backyard in front of the shed. My brother is at the … More

Raynaud’s Berries —for Carrie On our way to the emergency room, we realize it is the twelfth day in a … More

Father Calls Two weeks after my father dies in a freak accident, a dramatic fall while trimming fruit trees in … More