Fiction

Umbra

Candice Wuehle -

The Agent only managed my eyes, lower lid to supercilliary arch. A clause in our contract stipulated that the agreement could be rendered null...

Ask at the Front Desk

Ann Russell -

The afternoon I flew into Chicago for Mother’s Day weekend, I found Mom hunched over her table, her face spackled with rouge. Before her,...

Justin, in Three Parts

Craig Willse -

1. It all goes back to this party at Kevin’s. Kevin was short with dark pinprick eyes that made him look like a cartoon. We...

Maps

Vanessa Chan -

When you die, I become obsessed with recreating you. I walk endlessly through our town, to notable places in your life. I go to...

Leaving the Landfill

Jackson Saul -

Pretty soon, Petunia will have to cut everything that came before and pretend as if this were where life started, the time things began...

Barrio Boys

Vincent Chavez -

Erik used to get all trucha when we’d spend thirty minutes waiting for Teófimo to finish dealing dime bags to strawberry pickers down at...

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...