Short Story

All the King’s Men

travis tate -

Ludwig bathes in Badenburg Lake, on the eve of his nineteenth birthday. Sophie tends to picking flowers and momentarily glances at Ludwig’s naked body....

World Peace Now

Lydia Conklin -

Logan walks up East Wash and joins the masses protesting Scott Walker’s anti-union bill. She wears the University of Wisconsin Teaching Assistants’ Association t-shirt...

Love Song

Melissa Ximena Golebiowski -

“Of course the cleanest room in my parents’ house is my dead sister’s,” Henry says. The gold metal threshold separates the hallway and her...

(Partheno)Genesis

Mariah Rigg -

Do you remember how it begins? (Maybe:) You are four years old, lying on a cobblestoned floor. It is New Years. Outside, your mother is...

Rescue Strategy

Elizabeth Fergason -

Their marriage counselor was a collector. The obligatory African masks yes, but in addition, life-sized wooden statues of ebony warriors, enormous clay urns, exotic...

Youth Group

Christian Winn -

On some hot-ass Saturday afternoons we steal a bottle of Jenny’s mom’s rum, spike Mountain Dew Big Gulps, march to the 8th Street parking...

the rapids

Tariq Shah -

When we tried to pay for parking at the gate, the machine wouldn’t let us go. It refused to read mom’s credit card, so...

Otke Notive

Will Niedmann -

My body carries my mind. A wooden spoon, an egg. I live with four men in Otke Notive. Our apartment is a thin hallway...

Why Are They Here?

Heather Hasselle -

For most of his life, Charlie had disbelieved in everything. He had never been religious, nor given into any sort of magical thinking. He...

Date Night

Imogen Usherwood -

"This is nice." "So nice." Gianni’s was a small Italian place near Seb’s local tube station. It was reasonably affordable, served generous portions of pasta, and...