Fiction: “A Texas” by Laura Ellen Scott

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

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

Patience Is the Most Passive Discipline The woman walking toward me is not the woman I last saw four years … More

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

A Paper House When we knock on your door only a week after your husband’s suicide, flashing our badges even … More

The Last List When she was born, her mom was on her back, in the hospital, confused and in a … More

Like the Light of Blue Water The voices came again, drifting through brick walls, and Simon stopped typing once more, … More

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

Buddhists Call It Monkey Mind Take toothpaste for instance―white foam splatteredon the mirror, on the vanity,on the chrome faucet.Each time … More

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

Has the Music Faded at All? —Lawrence Watt-Evans, Night of Madness The walls have learned a low hum—basso, staccato—like a … 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

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

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