From Vol. 9: “In My Dreams There’s No One in the Maternity Ward,” a poem by Tessa Livingstone

In My Dreams There’s No One in the Maternity Ward I keep having dreams they take her from mewhen I … More

“Picking,” a collaborative short story by Kim Magowan & Michelle Ross from Vol. 9

Picking I’m picking lemons from the lemon tree beside the back porch of a man I met a week ago … More

From Vol. 9: “From The Self Is Being Thought,” poetry by Amie Zimmerman

from The Self Is Being Thought III. presented with the frameworkof fevers, faith, moonlight and such other violencean obvious definition … More

From Vol. 9: “birthday poem” by Patrick Kindig

birthday poem today there are marigoldsblooming in the street& i mean this literally.there are marigolds risingfrom the seam betweenthe curb … More

Three Poems by Anat Zecharia (Translated by Tsipi Keller) from Vol. 9

Lust Nothing is more useless than Godhe doesn’t stroke my foreheaddoesn’t stretch a moist tongueto lustfully lick the bloodfrom every … More

Two Poems by Eddy Jordan from Vol. 9

Theatre for Realtors An afternoon for burning, we lookin houses.A chance to makesome theatre for realtorswe say, realtorsare people too … More

Two Fictions by Teague von Bohlen from Vol. 9

Bombs in Dogs My ex Shelly and her new husband are moving out of town, a little over an hour’s … More

“Hourglass, Hourglass,” an essay by Loie Rawding from Vol. 9

Hourglass, Hourglass 12:11 a.m.We lost power, just as my body was turning to stone and sinking into the wet concrete … More

Poems & Mixed Media by Jeffrey Grunthaner from Vol. 9

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Revisions For the moment he does summertime with an alexandrine mounted in … More

From Vol. 9: Two Bird Quizzes by Rose Hunter

Albatross Quiz Various species of albatross cana. circumnavigate the globeb. fly to the moonc. become curses and symbols of atonement … More

From Vol. 9: “MATH DEATH,” a short comic by Dustin Holland

*Ed.’s Note: click image to view larger size. MATH DEATH Dustin Holland lives and works in northern Colorado where he … More

From Vol. 9: Three Prose Poems by Susan L. Leary

Joyful Poem, with Nearsightedness We enter the world able to detect the earliest upheavals of atmosphere. Each morning, the thousand … More

From Vol. 9: “80,” a short story by Stephen Dixon

80 He wakes up, gets his cellphone off the night table and opens it to look at the time. 3:02. … More

From Vol. 9: Two Poems by Glenn Shaheen

Cannon Fruit flies numerous and can Ibring myself to kill them to ruintheir structures of flight theydiminish our standard of … More

From Vol. 9: “Creature and the Once-a-Year-House,” a poem by Michael Sikkema

Creature and the Once-a-Year-House 9 shotgun barrels are wrapped around a beech tree, hunting party nowhere in site, one truck … More