Fiction: “A Texas” by Laura Ellen Scott

Bonnie & Jack Bonnie collects Jack from rehab. Fucking bougainvillea everywhere. “Thanks.” He slides into the passenger seat, tosses a … More

Fiction: Trent England’s “Patience Is the Most Passive Discipline”

The woman walking toward me is not the woman I last saw four years ago. My wife exits the airport … More

a drowned and legless female {insert your animal here}how sweet watch her commitment to being a life raftno just a … More

When we knock on your door only a week after your husband’s suicide, flashing our badges even though we don’t … More

When she was born, her mom was on her back, in the hospital, confused and in a hazy pain, twilit … More

The voices came again, drifting through brick walls, and Simon stopped typing once more, listened through the apartment’s silence. The … More

As She Added the Dirt to Her Beauty She added the alphabet to her Fabulous muscles I died there. Before … More

Take toothpaste for instance―white foam splatteredon the mirror, on the vanity,on the chrome faucet.Each time you spit,lather drips down your … More

Monster Dolls Baby monsters with their stuffed teddy bear monster dolls, like regular dolls, only horrific, wounded, dangerous; which baby … More

—Lawrence Watt-Evans, Night of Madness The walls have learned a low hum—basso, staccato—like a tuba stuck in a wind tunnelor … More

James Madison James Madison stood on a log shaped like the limb of a great man. He was as short … More

Depth of Field There are four triangular slotsto hold the pictures downand some have been there so longthey’re stuck. They … More

I learned to dance by dropping soap in the showerand catching it. You should see me cut a lineon the … More

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger size. Chopped Shadow Clamper Tire Drop Shadow Gap-Toothed Shadow Scott … More