“The Things You Think When Not Taking a Dump,” Bad Survivalist list fiction by Steve Gergley

1. JESUS 2. SHIT 3. GODDAMMIT 4. THIS IS ridiculous 5. Two more sets of push-ups and then it’s … More

“Survival Kit,” an executive summary by Craig Foltz for Bad Survivalist

I. LARGE BODIES OF WATER INTRUDE into every sentence. Somewhere, over the horizon, a burst of mist; particles whose … More

FIVE YEARS AGO, I DECIDED I would have sex with every man I could before I died. This meant … More

I’M NOT EVEN SURE YOU’LL get this. They’ll convince you it’s from Earth, ancient. They (those in power). … More

—after Diane Williams and James Robison BRIAN RETURNED FROM THE WORLD and found Charlene was deceiving him again. … More

IT DOES NOT SEEM OVERLY harsh to say the men and women who work on atomic weapons distance themselves … More

Nance Van Winckel‘s fifth book of fiction is Ever Yrs., a novel in the form of a scrapbook … More

IT HAPPENED SLOWLY AT FIRST. Slits tracing shoulder blades down a pale canvas back, blood trickling like paint from … More

Alice Hall is a poet and educator currently pursuing her PhD in the Poetics Program at the University … More

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

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

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