Fiction

The Next Station Is

Jimin Kang -

There is a game I like to play when I am riding alone on a train, as I am now, where I imagine the...

The Farmer’s Daughter

Raegan Bird -

Annebelle had a tendency of passing out on the front lawn. It isn’t something she does anymore, but she did it often growing up....

Great Expectations

Daniel Hornsby -

The four of them did everything together. Meals were communal and, thanks to Kate and Alex, vegan, though if Ilya had a stoned craving...

Sex in Venice

Alec Niedenthal -

The flight to Venice was irritating for two reasons. First, Robert was silent the whole time, except to announce that he wanted pasta and to...

Personhood

Marisa Crane -

Juniper needs to look good but not too good. They figure some foundation, a little blush, and a touch of mascara will do the...

The Jester’s Privilege

Madeline Cash -

I conclude this week's virtual therapy session, like always, lamenting my life’s lack of meaning. “I just wish I was doing something more noble with...

The Typhoon is a Hurricane

M. Evelina Galang -

Celit pushed the cart, pulling tins of sardines, Vienna sausage, and Spam from the shelves. She took the last carton of saltine crackers and...

The Ugly Sisters

Cassidy McFadzean -

When my mother died, I turned to books, reading with an obsessiveness I hadn’t experienced since my teenage years. I started with the classics—Barthes...

Testarossa

Alexander Sammartino -

Before convincing my brother not to kill himself, I checked in at a desert resort. “Tell me about your pool,” I said to the woman...

The Love Division

Chase Culler -

It sounded better than any class she had ever taken in college—or her entire life, for that matter—but Anna wasn't sure she would be...