Fiction

Jaw Filler

Maz Murray and Charlie Markbreiter -

KEVIN They say being a cult leader takes rizz. But you just need to be a good listener. Some trans men don’t like to talk about...

Sentiment, or Joan

Lucy Ives -

Here is a minor event—about which I (your narrator) know some things. See above. Follow my arrow. At some point during the last two or three years,...

The Sumerians

Amanda Larson -

The feral child Genie had been photographed in a beaded necklace that honestly resembled the garb of the Berbers; I did not see how...

Good Education

Bobuq Sayed -

My father and his twin brother used to wrestle each other behind a gas station that was owned continuously by our family since the...

Pediatric Cardiology

Parker Young -

I’m at home working on my cover letter when I miss a call from the pediatric cardiologist. Or it might be from a nurse...

Wife Two

Diana Kole -

Devon met Thom at work. Thom was very tall. He was American, too. They were two Americans in London, working as copywriters. “My wife used...

True Crime

Maggie Siebert -

He’s fatter. It’s the first thing I notice. Before the tubes protruding from every hole in his face; before his legs, spread, suspended and...

Voicemail

Abuchi Modilim -

“Lord, if I was created in your image and likeness, please, send butterflies to kiss my tired soul, I’m a tired flower. Protect me...

Under the Basilisk

Sophie Strohmeier -

Lea would talk often about nuns. Of their rituals, their self-sufficiency. Their separation from our contemporary world may have appealed to her, but more...

50 Questions to Ask About Your Story

Mark Leidner -

Does my story have a big enough concept? Does my story have interesting characters? Does my story have interesting set pieces? Does my story have an interesting...