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

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. from CODE: Equinox Chris Holdaway is a poet/editor/linguist from New Zealand, where … 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”

*Ed.’s Note: click image to view larger size. overcast Sara Lautman is a cartoonist, illustrator and editor in Brooklyn. Her … More

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

What I Meant When I Handed You the Key i’m tired of giving.i want you to takeeverything about meand crumple … More

Colleen Kolba Comic: “Up Late”

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Colleen Kolba is a writer and cartoonist from Chicago, Illinois. Her work … More

Natalie Cunningham: “Earth Works,” an essay

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

A Short Story from James Brubaker’s Black Magic Death Sphere: (Science) Fictions: “H.G. Wells and The Present Crisis in Human Affairs”

H.G. Wells and The Present Crisis in Human Affairs Sometime in 1935: Imagine Herbert George Wells sitting on a stack … More

“Election Year,” a poetry comic by Catherine Bresner (published in the empty season)

*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Catherine Bresner’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Offing, Passages … More

Sean Lovelace: Two Fictions

Destiny James Franco mail ordered a monk. The monk was the son of a flea trainer, who was the son … More

Poetry by Kamden Hilliard: “Goat Theory”

Goat Theory is gruff and tumble. started from the bottom andit’s here. present. accounted for. the Greatestof All Time don’t … More