Fiction

Failed Fetish

Niko Sonnberger -

My first time was with a fork. I know: such a cliche. I spent an hour nervously scanning the silverware with...

Dziadek

Monika Woods -

The old man’s face carried no hint of his thoughts. He stood impassively in his cramped living room, his small living room that was full...

The Modern Stone Age

Luke Geddes -

At first they walked the earth with nothing. Their hands clasped no tools, their bloodied knuckles dragged along the treacherous terrain. They dwelled in caves and...

Polyphyletic Double: Kidnapping, Murder, and Resistance in Post Trump America

Sarah Wang -

My mother learned to shoot a gun at the age of twelve. In a requisite class at school, she was taught how to clean and...

The Wolf’s Head

Christine Vines -

Quentin Carter grasps the metal bar on his lap with the nervous ferocity of a child wringing his covers in the dark. He was...

Frightland

Mary Breaden -

See, I had this vision in my head of a much cleaner life than this...

Rubicon

Matthew Sullivan -

You are going to kill me. That’s what the guy said to you as you held open the glass door of the office building, letting him...

Where We Are Right Now

Alexandra Kessler -

Ellis and Scott met at the bar of a southern barbecue restaurant on Seventy-Eighth street and second avenue. The place was called Brother Jimmy’s and it...

Fourth of July

R.D. Williams -

In a few weeks, on the Fourth of July, you’ll be in Miami for fireworks and ice cream. Under a smoky sky by the bay,...

Missing Years

Nicholas Mancusi -

We made grilled cheese sandwiches in a skillet on the gas stove and then set right down to the matter of...