Transmigration, Volume One Did you recognize the sensation of olive meat hugging its cold pit for warmth? Her blood-belly protrudes … More
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Two Poems by M.A. Schaffner
So Morbid, So What? -1- Okay it’s not death but the long preludeof appointments, tests, and troubling results,followed by additional … More
Fiction: Amanda Goldblatt’s “The Way We Feel Sometimes”
The Way We Feel Sometimes First I’m confrontational with shift workers. The pharmacist asks for my signature, if I have … More
Fiction: Daniel J. Cecil’s “The Stages of Orbit”
The Stages of Orbit -1- Jonathan was drawn back by a force when the airlock opened. It was the vision … More
Fiction: Justin Lawrence Daugherty’s “Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise”
Whatever Don’t Drown Will Always Rise People hear Nebraska and they think Omaha, the big city, or they think nothing … More
Essay: “HOW EVERY LIVING THING IS IN ITSELF A HOUSE ON FIRE” by David Tomaloff
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. HOW EVERY LIVING THING IS IN ITSELF A HOUSE ON FIRE ONE///DWELLINGS [1] … More
Fiction: Delaney Nolan’s “Apple/Arcadia”
Apple/Arcadia Six months after Katrina, you jump head-first into shallow bayou water and break your fool neck. I’m not there … More
Fiction: Peter Clarke’s “Untitled in B”
Untitled in B My refrigerator in its old age sometimes quivers and hums when its fan turns on. The quivering … More
Fiction: Timmy Reed’s “The Spider’s Eggs”
The Spider’s Eggs I woke up after the storm and went outside to see what had been broken. The deck … More
Fiction: Harmony Neal’s “This Is What It’s Like to Die”
This Is What It’s Like to Die Jasmine My father beat me for giving the dog some bread. The dog … More
Two Poems by Natalie Shapero
Half-staff Long enough I have lived in this city—when the flagsits at half-staff, strangers ask me why, and askin vain. … 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, the … More