Fiction

Come Home

Joseph Grantham -

Margaret called and said I needed to come home because Dad was sick and I was her brother and she...

Anniversary

Maya Perez -

Watching her husband snore, it occurred to Martine that perhaps she was the problem. Maybe she just didn’t like people anymore. Everyone was irritating...

The Zombie Farm

Joel Tomfohr -

The last time I saw my stepdad Ron, he was pretty much a zombie anyway. I had...

Swings

Lynn Steger Strong -

He was scrolling Twitter, trying to remember what time felt like when it was weightless and unstructured;...

Gringolandia

Jenzo DuQue -

Carla says, “Gringolandia eats a marriage alive,” as we take the sheets off another mattress. She folds them and I walk across the room to...

Good Teeth

Winona León -

They left at the break of dawn when the day was still dark and outside felt like...

Swimming Lesson

Jessica Westhead -

The fit begins in the mall, where so many fits begin. The mall is where the worst fits are basically guaranteed. Sometimes the mother...

Stull

Steph Grossman -

With flashlights and trail mix, Raymond and his mom were on their way to visit an abandoned graveyard in Stull, Kansas. They traveled less than...

Roads are the Veins of Where I Grew Up

Lia Elaine Silver -

I. I drove my best friend Ant everywhere in my black Volkswagen Golf that we named Samantha. My birthday was just two days before...

Giovanna’s Personal Time Vacation

Carson Ash Beker -

In the month between her mother’s death and her own suicide, Giovanna went on vacation to the...