Three Short Essays by Karen Craigo

Fat Race Marshal I’m just here for the donuts. That may be the fattest thing I’ve ever uttered, but it’s … More

Justin Hamm: Three Prose Poems

Children in the Middle Ages Earlier that night, a middle-aged man dressed himself in a cape and green tights and … More

Zachary Doss: Three Boyfriend Fictions

The Natural Man Your boyfriend decides to grow his hair out. He has always kept himself carefully groomed, but lately … More

David Need: Four Poems from GOODNIGHT IRENE

March 12th 2011 Perhaps a ruined world & death offshore is we have to do, not related to a story … More

Two Poems by MJ Santiago

daymares imagine if the sex were real imagine I am touching someone and they are casually mentioning their trip to … More

Chris Holdaway: Excerpt from CODE: EQUINOX, a poetry hybrid

Chris Holdaway is a poet/editor/linguist from New Zealand, where he directs Compound Press (compoundpress.org). He is the author of HIGH-TENSION/FASHION … More

Nathan Wade Carter: Two Poems

Impossibly Large Horn I am parrots together.We telepath to concrete veins.We cross the black when told.We don’t like to practice.But … More

Sara Lautman Illustration: “overcast”

Sara Lautman is a cartoonist, illustrator and editor in Brooklyn. Her drawings have been published with Tablet, Jezebel, The Pitchfork … More

Poetry by merrit k: “What I Meant When I Handed You the Key”

i’m tired of giving. i want you to take everything about me and crumple it into a tidy heap beside … More

Colleen Kolba Comic: “Up Late”

Colleen Kolba is a writer and cartoonist from Chicago, Illinois. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming from The … More

Natalie Cummingham: “Earth Works,” an essay

The people of the Midwest were inveterate movers of the earth. Monks Mound towers above its landscape, with hundreds of … More