Transmigration, Volume One Did you recognize the sensation of olive meat hugging its cold pit for warmth? Her blood-belly protrudes … More
Tag: HFR 2.1
Two Poems by M.A. Schaffner
So Morbid, So What? -1- Okay it’s not death but the long prelude of appointments, tests, and troubling results, followed … More
Fiction: Amanda Goldblatt’s “The Way We Feel Sometimes”
First I’m confrontational with shift workers. The pharmacist asks for my signature, if I have any questions, if the dosage … More
Fiction: Daniel J. Cecil’s “The Stages of Orbit”
-1- Jonathan was drawn back by a force when the airlock opened. It was the vision of the kitchen floor, … More
Fiction: Justin Lawrence Daugherty’s “Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise”
People hear Nebraska and they think Omaha, the big city, or they think nothing at all. They don’t think about … More
Essay: “HOW EVERY LIVING THING IS IN ITSELF A HOUSE ON FIRE” by David Tomaloff
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger size. ONE///DWELLINGS [1] [1] the dwellings we are as dirt, our pillars raised quieter than … More
Fiction: Delaney Nolan’s “Apple/Arcadia”
Six months after Katrina, you jump head-first into shallow bayou water and break your fool neck. I’m not there when … More
Fiction: Peter Clarke’s “Untitled in B”
My refrigerator in its old age sometimes quivers and hums when its fan turns on. The quivering is completely insignificant, … More
Fiction: Timmy Reed’s “The Spider’s Eggs”
I woke up after the storm and went outside to see what had been broken. The deck was intact, but … More
Fiction: Harmony Neal’s “This Is What It’s Like to Die”
Jasmine My father beat me for giving the dog some bread. The dog had looked so hungry and scared. Its … More
Two Poems by Natalie Shapero
Half-staff Long enough I have lived in this city—when the flag sits at half-staff, strangers ask me why, and ask … More
Three Poems from NYMPHLIGHT: Erin Lyndal Martin
I Want to be Drunk with You So I Can See You Laugh: Les Amants du Pont-Neuf You, my lover, … More