Fiction

Antipode

Amina Kayani -

A man comes in around 2:30 for an appointment I forgot to write down. He is slight, his back hunched like a misshapen hanger....

A List of Things I Have Used the Knife for Thus Far

Alexander Lumans -

It’s best not to mention the wedding at all—let alone the bride. It’s better to recall the last visit, with her, to the art...

Sidekick

Dalton Monk -

It’s the coldest day we’ve had this October, and Kyle’s out there jumping on my old trampoline. Me and Dad are at the window...

A Beauty in Dying

Stéphane Martelly -

The following story was translated from French by Katia Grubisic. It was originally published in French in Boustro 4, 2017 “...red earth does not dry...

The Volcano

Adam O’Fallon Price -

The Princes had talked about divorce for so long that the subject seemed almost to have a benign, even beneficial effect on their marriage....

American Wonder

Kosiso Ugwueze -

The RV barreled down the 40 East towards Flagstaff at 70 mph. Chidinma’s father had rented it a day ago and had spent close...

Harold of Salina Dreams of Swans

David Lewis -

Last week Momma told me that I was the queerest thing in Salina until The Bomb came along. When I responded that she was...

Our Last Suburban Summer

Emily Neuberger -

The Sullivans’ house sold in June. Liam McBride and his family’s moving truck were the talk of Inga’s sleepover. The Sullivans left after a...

Buying a House Ahead of the Apocalypse

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson -

❒ Scour online listings daily. ❒ Find a house ahead of your fortieth, ahead of your imminent doom. ❒ Never mind that a house is an...

The Origami of a Settler’s Heart

Rajiv Ramkhalawan -

You are headed to Trinidad for Carnival. In the lead up to your flight, the island of your birth consumes you, maddens you in the...