Haunted Passages: “Black Magic,” a short story by Karen Petersen

A RUNAWAY HIPPO, TYPHOID FEVER, and a charge of theft had not figured in my plans for a tranquil … More

Danny Caine: Three FLAVORTOWN Poems from HFR Vol. 9

Last Will & Testament When I die bury me at Randall Park Mall beside the pebbled fountain where coiny … More

Like having your eyes sewn shut 1 Someone planted a tree in my stomach. Roots tore through my ribs, limbs … More

The Night City PROVIDENCE, FROM TWILIGHT TO THE hour of the wolf. The hill, the river, the secret stairs behind … More

Goat Chorus of Sufferers Medea Antigone Susan Molly Lizzie Orestes Gary Rodolfo Ted At rise: A ritual. Sunrise to sunset. … More

THE DAM WAS A WEIRD body at night. Big half of a hip. Bladderskin wrapped over a coccyx. Cut a … More

THINGS CAN BE PEOPLE, WHEN you get down to it, and this can be dangerous. It is most dangerous when … More

HE’D SAY IF MAYBE HE got a new one, he’d be able to get some work done. The desk chair … More

Independence IT IS HERE—THE CELEBRATION of our country’s birth—and the heat is a trillion or two trillion degrees. To stay … More

Despite My Reservations Regarding the Apocalypse the dragon outside my bedroom window tells me that the end is coming soon, … More

Aperture I don’t know why I had to start doubting God I think it might have something to do with … More

FROM BACK BEFORE ALL THE dogs were gone, I remember Waffles. The first time Waffles stole a waffle from Dad’s … More