Short Story

Knowing

Oluwabambi Ige -

He grew up with a mother who liked to go to church. She was, as he said to his wife, Fola, when they were...

One Hundred

Kaushika Suresh -

The baby wails. The baby—beautiful, horrible, the love of their lives, scrunching its brown eyes, stretching its brown skin, body swaddled in cotton, body...

The Love Clasp

Garrard Conley -

The land for hundreds of miles about the castle was flat. The king had not minded this fact until his wife, the queen, died....

Breathe

Cathryn Rose -

I’m in the restroom at the doggie daycare taking pictures of my ass. The window’s stuck cracked open and I got goosebumps from the...

Hellseer

Laura Green -

Trina’s business cards read: Madame Trinae, Hellseer. Her shop had a prime spot on the corner of Dauphine and Bienville, one block off Bourbon...

I’m Sick But Missing You

Hassaan Mirza -

The morning of July 15, 2016, when social media star Qandeel Baloch was found throttled to death in her parents’ house in Multan, I...

Vision

Cara Blue Adams -

The following is an excerpt from the short story collection You Never Get It Back by Cara Blue Adams. You Never Get It Back is available now from...

Umbra

Candice Wuehle -

The Agent only managed my eyes, lower lid to supercilliary arch. A clause in our contract stipulated that the agreement could be rendered null...

Ask at the Front Desk

Ann Russell -

The afternoon I flew into Chicago for Mother’s Day weekend, I found Mom hunched over her table, her face spackled with rouge. Before her,...

Justin, in Three Parts

Craig Willse -

1. It all goes back to this party at Kevin’s. Kevin was short with dark pinprick eyes that made him look like a cartoon. We...