“Both the Substance and the Evidence,” a short story by Elise Burke

On the Sundays Harlow convinced me go to church, I never really listened to the sermon. But certain phrases stuck … More

“Terms of Non-Communication,” a ficton story by Ani Katz

I. Terms of Non-Communication 1. The parties agree not to attempt communication until the agreed-upon date.   2. In the … More

Three Poems by M. Ann Hull

This Isn’t An Era for Adoring the unborn fingers of a tea cup gripping to its chipped brim brittle stembones … More

Three Poems by Kathleen Jones

The Appropriate Cold —for Amy Your death fell with a thud that bruised the rest of us. Now I’m homesick … More

“Marvel,” a lyric essay by Jennifer H. Fortin

Why does it bother me when others marvel at what I don’t find wondrous? It has to do with naiveté, … More

“An Important Message from a Mysterious Place,” poetry by Meredith Blankinship

If the haunting was a haunting you deserved how do you expect to live without the quietude of my displeasure? … More

“Notes from Toledo,” a micro-essay by Megan Martin

We got in a car and drove to Toledo. Toledo felt like bad news. I thought it was just your … More

Two Poems by Jim Whiteside

The Waters There is a flood in my mother’s hometown that will wash away more than gravel roads, leave behind … More

“Foundation,” a fiction story by Christine Hennessey

There was a man living in her walls. Fiona hadn’t seen or spoken to him, though late at night when … More

Fiction: An Excerpt from VISIONS by Troy James Weaver

That day, the first day, she didn’t believe me, and it would be another ten years before she finally would—and … More

“Eviction,” a poem by Brooke Ellsworth

The head of the primal tiger glared out at me in a blowout commercial space. Wine tastings take us into … More

Poetry: Jared Joseph’s “Yes There’s No Litter, No Homeless”

matte and somehow stupid, the This (this photograph, tireless repetition of contingency arated without destroying them both; the windowpane me, … More