Fiction

Small Green Shoots

Aarti Monteiro -

The girl’s smile was much less awkward in person than it had been in the photo. In real life the sides of her mouth...

The Hamptons

Marne Litfin -

Oh, I’m ready. A little afraid, sure, but who isn’t? I don’t expect it to hurt. I’ve been near the end three times before,...

Tart

Amy Sauber -

I love bras and I love taking them off and that’s about all I love about them. That’s my favorite part. Not the sudden...

You Could Hear Splinters

Christie Louie -

The night before her grandmother moves in, Holly soaks her tongue in vinegar. It floats in the clear liquid: pink, bumpy, unzipped at the...

The Girl with Flies Coming Out of Her Eyes

Sally Wen Mao -

Imagine you are a young woman. Imagine you want to cry, but you can’t, because of a sickness where your eyes make flies instead...

A Recessive Trait

Victoria Cho -

While the crooked, stained table from the thrift store and the small plates of browning fruit spread across its surface hardly resembled her memories...

Creep

Sheena Raza Faisal -

On Saturdays, the men drank whiskey-colas around the kitchen table. They ironed their slacks and swapped silver-buckled belts. They were living on top of...

Walls

Dounia Choukri -

The news of the fall of the Berlin wall coincides with the news of my mother's brain tumor. Both are preceded by outward signs of...

Laure, 11 rue de Vintimille

Jen Lue -

The photos found their way into Mr. Meeloy’s inbox early one Sunday morning. As was customary before church, Mr. Meeloy took his coffee on...

The Shocker

Evan Gray -

Preston was taking me home after school because he could drive and I couldn’t. We got behind this loud, black Silverado. “God, Judd Davis’...