“Print Isn’t Dead”: Submissions for Vol. 11 are OPEN

Submissions for the Vol. 11 print annual are … OPEN. Deadline 12/31/2020 @11:59 p.m. CDT. Submissions to HFR are … More

“Debt,” a Flavortown USA nonfiction essay by Christopher Bowen

ARE YOU HUNGRY THE WAY I used to be? When I was a culinary student, I was always hungry … More

NEW ONLINE FEATURE! Flavortown USA. Submissions now open. Read more below. What’s that smell wafting on the wind? A … More

—for and with AH Bird 1: How might we envision a future that is not ours, but could be? Bird … More

Ira finds an anthill, and instead of burning it, he watches the slow, tedious work of carrying a crumb into … More

I entered America’s Century in 1924. World War I was over, Europe lay devastated, millions killed—a hundred thousand of … More

I was twelve. We had just moved to a new town that August, and I hadn’t yet made any … More

I want to talk about the limitless possibilities of what horror is and what horror can do. I want … More

All day, rats had bolted through my body. I spilt my coffee. I couldn’t hold a pen. To an old … More

You board a bus and it seems as though there is a sea of Black people. If it weren’t for the … More

Paint this scene: imbue it with optimistic lighting à la Glee and the stench of yesterday’s cafeteria surprise à la … More

Why does it bother me when others marvel at what I don’t find wondrous? It has to do with naiveté, … More