Est. 2008

Est. 2008

Fiction

Stull

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

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

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

This is Fine

Nothing’s where it’s supposed to be these days and it’s pissing Mae off. She, for example, isn’t warm in bed beside the woman she...

Bath Salts: an excerpt

I wasn’t a bad girl. None of it had been my idea. Under the gazebo in the ...

Ice for Martians

In Peru, the word “marciano” refers both to Martians and to a...

The Cure For Crying

It took three days for the doctors to be certain, but the tear duct removal surgery was...

Studying the Conversation

"I search your profile for a translation, I study the conversation like a map." — 'Overlap,' Ani DiFranco "You do exactly what your father does,"...

Clean

When Sami was almost a teenager a salesman came knocking on their door. She spied him trudging...