Then his pancakes come and I’m like Please leave the flowers— and really, after his question (“have you ripped a … More
Tag: Volume Four
Poetry by Philip Schaefer: “Radial Glow”
In the America of my fist the rats drew blood. You let them. You soaked me with hydrogen saying don’t … More
Zach VandeZande Fiction: “Imperative”
It is night and the feeling is coming on again. You know the one. There are rules for dealing with … More
Poetry Comic by Patrick Williams: “Redactions”
*** Patrick Williams is a poet and academic librarian living in Central New York. His recent work appears … More
New Fiction: “Object Erotica” by Dolan Morgan
—for Steve Oristaglio There is a foosball table in a New Jersey summer home. There is a grand piano in … More
“The Sloth Girl,” a new fable by Ted Pelton
Sloth Girl lived at the top of a very tall tree in a great forest. Upon Sloth Girl lived Moth … 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
One You 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)”
Ask not how you could ever make it right. Instead, lie down in your young shame— its dirty, slender hairdo … More
Sara Lippmann Fiction: “Runner’s Paradise”
I’m taking up running, I tell my husband at breakfast. My husband smiles though his juice. Adam is always running … More
Illustration by Matt Kish: “Bestiary: Catoblepas”
*** Matt Kish is a self-taught artist and librarian. He was born in 1969, in June, and lives … More
F. Daniel Rzicznek Poetry: “Hatchet”
Came down from the hills to find the thaw refrozen, ground even harder than before, and this in late March: … More