“The Woman of His Dreams,” a flash fiction by Kimm Brockett Stammen for Side A

The Woman of His Dreams He’ll meet her when he’s sleeping in the right bed. He’s planned out what to … More

Fiction for Side A: “Feast” by Andrea Marcusa

Feast The double-wide steel door clanks shut. I stand next to the man who collected me from the waiting room. … More

Adults Told Me 1. My science teacher told me that life was slapdash. I talked to him after class sometimes; … More

Dear Cut-Glass, It’s been longerthan I thoughtthis trail of bloodwould go, butthe mountain isso much smallerat its peak thanwhen we … More

Before All That In the end, she sells me for only a hundred dollars. “Women in this market usually go … More

To See the Moon What she hates most are the lights. There’s no dawn. No dusk. No silver sliver falling … More

Pennies on Train Tracks You taught me to lay pennies on tracks to get flattened. Smooth brown ovals we stowed … More

Causality When my placid younger brother scalded himself on his sixth birthday, the first time he ever cried, my mother … 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

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