Fiction

An American Echo

Rachel Hanson -

Teagan arrived in Hailey, Idaho, quickly finding work in a café where elk meatloaf and venison stew was a local standard. She had read...

What is Lost is Not Lost

Jared Lemus -

I finished explaining the plan to my brother, detailing all the specifics of my mental blueprints—how we would avoid the creaky floorboards, get the...

Sunset Lounge

Alice Kaltman -

As soon as Prudence came through the door, home for Spring Break, Miriam knew; sex, lots of it, was being had. Pru reeked of...

The Lost Art of Shushing

Amy Shearn -

The Brooklyn Collection of the Central Library was one of the few remaining places in the world—or at least in New York City, which...

A Gift

Pallavi Wakharkar -

My friend and I went to Coney Island one afternoon in January, a few weeks before we stopped being friends. He met me at...

Daisy Chain

Nicholas Montemarano -

Daisy and James (2002) He’d never had sex like sex with Daisy. And so when she ended things after only three months, it was as...

Slumber Party

Donna Miscolta -

Angie Rubio shrank at the snickering of classmates, cringed at the embarrassed looks on her behalf. She tucked the newspaper clipping inside her notebook...

Sam Tippy

Danielle Monique -

While her client sucked a thumb, Willa wove a criss-cross pattern of cornrows onto her young cousin’s head. She was improving. The braids looked...

Bitterroot

Michael R. Schrimper -

The wilderness, in western Montana. Miles and miles of pines. Night-time. A stony beach. A river. On the beach, a fire, with bright orange...

The Triceratops

John Jodzio -

The same week my father gave my mother a heart attack, Jerry Dentro and I made out behind a triceratops at the Beltsville Area...