Then his pancakes come and I’m likePlease leave the flowers—and really, after his question(“have you ripped a big one lately?”)I … More
Tag: Volume Four
Poetry by Philip Schaefer: “Radial Glow”
In the America of my fistthe rats drew blood. You let them. You soaked mewith hydrogen saying don’twince, become. I … 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 in publications including … 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
OneYou exit the long or short corridor and enter a hexagonal room with a door on each wall. A room … 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 blades. That … 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 in Ohio with … More
F. Daniel Rzicznek Poetry: “Hatchet”
Came down from the hills to findthe thaw refrozen, ground even harderthan before, and this in late March: twist of … More
“Hard,” a poem by Colin Winnette
We were born hard. We own a pit bull. We don’t eat much. We’re quiet. If you saw us on … 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
learned momentum from falling birds, howthey hit the water faster than the fish could dielearned that trees heaped together couldform … More