Fiction

The Immortal

David Aloi -

It struck Edward in the middle of his follow-up prostate exam—Dr. Beller’s gloved fingers searching his rectum like one might search for the perfect...

The Horowitz Compromise

Sofia Ergas Groopman -

I. Paul and I are arguing about the penis of our unborn son. “It’s genital mutilation!” he says to the open refrigerator, removes a large container...

is any1 a christian????

Emma Ensley -

It seemed like everyone in Tess’s tiny town was obsessed with God. All of the kids in her middle school were in the same...

Little Do the Fires Grow

J. Marcelo Borromeo -

Darren can hear the sound of footfalls in the next room. They must be his father’s—brisk, decisive. Every step comes down with the force...

What Will You Do Today to Transform Your Life?

Jacquelyn Stolos -

First Potato Did you know that the first potato ever grown in what would later become the United States of America was grown in...

Critique My

Kathleen Heil -

My friend Puma had an opening the other day for her solo exhibition at a gallery in Mitte, Berlin. It has become a kind...

Another Opening

Chase Burke -

Dad was dead, that’s the start. The story is this: My brother James and I were visiting our falling-apart father at his home in Birmingham, Alabama,...

Still Life

Becky Shirley -

On Monday, while Tess waits in the campus health center, Russell calls her for the first time since the start of Fall semester. He...

Harmony

Ikechukwu Ogbu -

I was thirteen when we moved to the brown house on Rest House Road—my ten-year-old brother Ugo, Mama and I. Papa had not come...

Excerpt from The Hive

Melissa Scholes Young -

The following is an excerpt from The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young, available now from Keylight Books. The Hive is a story of survival, sisters,...