“Crabgrass,” a new short story by Michael Cole for Haunted Passages

Crabgrass Diane woke calling out for someone, startled, in the same way that she would occasionally wake with a laugh, … More

“If I Could Get By Without Sleep, I Would”: Tobias Carroll Discusses His New Novel, EX-MEMBERS, with Ryan Sartor

When I think of the New York City literary scene, Tobias Carroll is right at the top of the list. … More

Dead Calm The clumsy enormous leaves of banana trees rattled in the sea breeze on their hotel balcony. “They look … More

Cherry Rum Flavor Deep red cherries in a bowl—I pit them, half them, soak them in rum. These are for … More

Genre and Selfhood and Speculation, Endless I recently published a book that, like thousands of books, is nebulous vis-à-vis genre. … More

Rooftops Just after 9:30 in the morning on a Wednesday in June, the creature tore down Michigan Avenue, upending taxi … More

Familiar Lara, taking the dark path behind. Lara, cold night air. Jacob in the kitchen, frying his ambition in kid-chatter. … More

In the Afterlife Your Landlord Is a Witch She does not wear a pointed hat around the property, except in … More

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