THE SKY OVER MY CHOSEN park bench is summer and painful. Fold my hands. Block out the kids running … More
Tag: Fiction
#NoMorePresidents: “Ten Reasons Why You, as a Country’s President, Should Send a Congratulation Message to a New President of Another Country,” a short story by Zhihui Zou
#10: You need someone to talk to because you have poisoned the tea of all your colleagues. #9: You need … More
“Sour Candy”: A Haunted Passages Flash Fiction by Lindy Biller
MY MOTHER CARRIED BRIGHT COLORED candies with her everywhere. Usually Skittles or M&M’s. It didn’t strike me as odd … More
Flavortown USA Fiction: “Dangerous Soup” by Alicia Bones
Diner comment cards from The Wild Boar: “The soup’s the only thing I ever order because it’s the … More
Flavortown USA Fiction: “Cake Every Day” by Mike Lewis-Beck
LIAM FINDS HIMSELF AT A crossroads. His wife, Carla, has exiled him from their comfortable Iowa home, and he’s … More
REGARD novel excerpt by Pablo D’Stair
IT WAS UNTIL A POINT she was uncertain of she had kept a list of the topics on which … More
“Bear Control”: A Short Story by Jennifer Lynn Christie for Bad Survivalist
Part I: The Beginning WHEN I WAS SMALL, I had dreams of the zoo. Putting mammoth-sized kibble in a … More
“Owls in the Palms : The Uninspired Apartment : Notes from a Lost Decade (1)”: A Bad Survivalist Short Story by Reagan Wiles
THE POLICE LEFT MY iPOD behind on the hillside in front of Red Lobster with my red leather journal, … More
“I’m Resistant to Form, in Life and in Art”: An Interview with Loie Rawding, author of the novel TIGHT LITTLE VOCAL CORDS (KERNPUNKT Press)
Loie Rawding grew up on the coast of Maine. Her personal work exists as hybrid monster, a cocktail of prose … More
#NoMorePresidents: Three Flash Fictions by Stephanie Yu
Polling Error THEY CAME IN WITH GUNS and tactical vests and smoke bombs. Shouting about Valhalla or uhuru or liftoach … More
“Bad Trip”: A Bad Survivalist Short Story by Melody Sinclair
MERLIN KLOTZ SWEATED THROUGH HIS T-shirt with giant lettering that read, “OK BOOMER.” He questioned why he wore it … More
“.SUMMONS.”: KILL CHRISTIAN novel excerpt & audio by Pablo D’Stair
… kill Christian finds itself the happy owner of several (perhaps meaningless, but nevertheless) distinctions in my career, so-called. Perhaps … More