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Hurricane Gothic

Blake Sanz -

The following is an excerpt from the short story collection The Boundaries of Their Dwelling by Blake Sanz. The Boundaries of Their Dwelling is available now from the...

Cowboys in Missouri

Kevin Clouther -

The mechanic took one look at the engine, diagnosed the problem immediately (and with not a little disdain), and charged us nothing. “It’s a rental,”...

Nothing Special

Sydney Rende -

I sent a message to a celebrity on the internet. It said, I think we’d make a good match. I added my phone number...

Kissing Frogs

Foster Dalmas -

Leonie was no longer surprised when frogs proposed to her. The first time happened when she was seven. Mama had sent her out to play...

The Two Brothers

Laura I. Miller -

Wolves are less brave than they seem. —Angela Carter I. Ruby inherited the dragon from her Uncle Pierce when he died. She’d seen the dragons advertised...

Solstice

Walker Rutter-Bowman -

A woman approached, pushing a stroller. I was on my way to teach my morning class. Without something as substantial as a stroller in...

Maps to Nowhere

Nara Vidal, translated from Portuguese by Emyr Humphreys -

How vast the human body, your human body, is. The nervous system sprawls like markings on a vast map of pleasure and affection. The things...

That Drowning Place

Morgan Thomas -

Driving north on the island road, they were mostly innocent. They’d done awful things, but the sort of awful that from a distance looks...

Study for the Prophet Joel

Willie Fitzgerald -

Mallory and Philip stood on the shoulder of the highway, arguing. She was sure that, if they just unloaded the trunk and actually looked...

Skateland USA

Graham Irvin -

A lady down the street in my neighborhood kept a lion for a pet for a couple years. She had a tall fence around...