Short Story

Backbreak

Michelle Berry -

She was bending down, red robe held tight, reaching for the newspaper, when it happened. The paper, wrapped in a pinkish plastic bag slightly...

Jenna On Twitter

Shawn Syms -

Jenna is tweeting when she’s supposed to be painting. Ennui is the religion of my generation. The singer of her favourite band updates his own Twitter...

Thieves With Tiny Eyes: an excerpt

Joyland Magazine -

The Blackbird This is supposed to be a love letter. The relationship will start in tears. One of the girls, in the hallway, will spit...

Folsom, Survivor

Kate Schatz -

1. MYSELF & THE CITY My name is Folsom and the most important fact of my existence, as determined by others, is that I survived...

Dummy

Eric Freeze -

It’s not easy, being green. —Kermit the Frog I could feel Jordan’s hands working up and down my back. He tweaked my shoulder blade and my...

That’s How Wrong My Love Is

Lynne Tillman -

A while back, I watched a pair of mourning doves in their nest every day, watched as one then the other sat on an...

Shipping Manifesto: The Zeppelin Attack Dirigible Sessions

Sesshu Foster and Arturo Ernesto Romo-Santillano -

THE ELEVATED VIEW AFFORDED FROM HEIGHTS OFFERED BY BALLOON TRANSPORT OF THE FUTURE ARE EXCITING. IMAGINE SEEING THE DRIFT OF EastLA LIKE YOU HEAR...

Rat Girl Rat Boy

Cynthia Flood -

In Marcia’s favourite book, Cinderella’s stepsisters had thin carroty hair. So did Hansel and Gretel’s mother, and the wicked fairy who wasn’t invited to...

The Green Honda

Don McLellan -

Archie spotted the scanner at a swap meet one Sunday morning. The hawker evidently concluded that he wasn’t an undercover pig, because he leaned...

Something More

Erica Lorraine Scheidt -

Avery was a rapist, but that’s not the first thing you’d notice about him. You might observe his pale skin or his glasses, the...