Poem Then his pancakes come and I’m likePlease leave the flowers—and really, after his question(“have you ripped a big one … More
Tag: Volume Four
Poetry by Philip Schaefer: “Radial Glow”
Radial Glow In the America of my fistthe rats drew blood. You let them. You soaked mewith hydrogen saying don’twince, … More
Zach VandeZande Fiction: “Imperative”
Imperative It is night and the feeling is coming on again. You know the one. There are rules for dealing … More
Poetry Comic by Patrick Williams: “Redactions”
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. Patrick Williams is a poet and academic librarian living in Central New … More
New Fiction: “Object Erotica” by Dolan Morgan
Object Erotica —for Steve Oristaglio There is a foosball table in a New Jersey summer home. There is a grand … More
“The Sloth Girl,” a new fable by Ted Pelton
The Sloth Girl Sloth Girl lived at the top of a very tall tree in a great forest. Upon Sloth … More
Four Dossiers, poetry by Jane Lewty
Dossier #1 It’s the year of less-than-half the true extent of time. There is water on the moon And on … More
Short Story: “Rhizome” by Daniel Miller
Rhizome OneYou exit the long or short corridor and enter a hexagonal room with a door on each wall. A … More
A Poem by Bridget Talone: “A Dream Is a Witch Your Heart Makes (Music for Shame)”
A Dream Is a Witch Your Heart Makes (Music for Shame) Ask not how you could ever make it right.Instead, … More
Sara Lippmann Fiction: “Runner’s Paradise”
Runner’s Paradise I’m taking up running, I tell my husband at breakfast. My husband smiles though his juice. Adam is … More
Illustration by Matt Kish: “Bestiary: Catoblepas”
*Ed.’s Note: click image to view larger size. Catoblepas Matt Kish is a self-taught artist and librarian. He was born … More
F. Daniel Rzicznek Poetry: “Hatchet”
Hatchet Came down from the hills to findthe thaw refrozen, ground even harderthan before, and this in late March: twist … More
“Hard,” a poem by Colin Winnette
Hard We were born hard. We own a pit bull. We don’t eat much. We’re quiet. If you saw us … More
Five Mathematical Poems by Timothy Wojcik
Mathematics IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Start with one body, and one sky. End with the sky in the body, and one sky. The … More
Phil Spotswood: “The First Engineer,” a poem
The First Engineer learned momentum from falling birds, howthey hit the water faster than the fish could dielearned that trees … More