Fiction

The Maid

Amina Cain -

Clarisse, cleaning a room. Me, falling on the ice, taking some kind of mild drug, being separated by an invisible rope. I feel like...

Disappearing Act

Emma Healey -

The first weird thing is that Caroline is slowly becoming invisible. No kidding. This is pretty new and she’s still kind of having trouble...

The Soother

Elyse Friedman -

Irma unfastened the plastic clip on her nursing bra and brought a hard brown nipple to Lucas’s mouth. He latched on and sucked greedily....

Summer of Hate

Chris Kraus -

excerpted from the forthcoming novel Summer of Hate PART ONE: 2005 1/CATT: HER KILLER There are some people who like feeling like they’ve arrived at the...

Kachunga Legs

George Bowering -

I couldn’t set pins with my arm in a cast, and I was surprised by how much I missed it, at least for the...

Margaritas with Roger

Holley Rubinsky -

The time after a party when she and Roger lay together on the rug in his living room, under the...

Come When You Call Me

Courtney Elizabeth Mauk -

At eight o’clock in the morning, Alyssa shows up at Danny’s apartment door with a stack of bright yellow flyers. He has not...

Homesick: an excerpt

Robert J. Stevens -

Someone is stealing her dresses. They were only snake skins, snail shells, but he had wanted them. There was once a whole...

Happy Face

Brandon Graham -

Chapter 1: Perhaps a bit of an Overreaction For the hundredth time in ten minutes Flip cinches the terry cloth belt of his forest green...

Wonder Bred

John Cotrona -

“It’s a holy day.” “No it isn’t. It’s a regular day.” “Why are they marching us off to church then?” “So they can film us. They’re perverse.” One...