“A Growing Crisis,” a Presidential erasure by Tara Campbell

*** Tara Campbell (taracampbell.com) is a fiction editor at Barrelhouse and an MFA candidate at American University. Prior … More

Five Poems by Alyse Knorr

Wolf Tours: Day One The wolves have eaten the children— or so say the clients, unaware of the existence of … More

Her: uproarious laughter— a narrow staircase— Me: cheap cologne— wilted rosemary on the windowsill— Her: distant voices— strong hands— … More

I just want to go where nobody’s gone before. All the people here look so tired But that’s what keeps … More

All day, rats had bolted through my body. I spilt my coffee. I couldn’t hold a pen. To an old … More

I’d been thinking about that swimming hole for nearly half a year, since the middle of winter. I first saw … More

Schedule a date with a tall someone with salt-and-pepper hair who finds you online. He will play drums. He will … More

The dead visit me in dreams, and sometimes speak with me. People have said it’s because of my heritage, that … More

Suspension Quiet cinder of shame, until a young boy finds the will to hit back. Except. Suspended from school, that’s … More

Morning. I eat rice and curry, so hot it brings tears to my eyes. This is Sri Lanka, I think. … More

Living two miles from the epicenter of a useless and oppressive government but still well within what could potentially be … More

Date Night at Fuddruckers, Saugus MA Year of Our Lord, 2018 we have no imagination, my wife and I, so … More