Short Story

Swanee

Sara Lippmann -

Sara Lippmann's debut collection of short fiction, Doll Palace, is now available from Dock Street Press. Billy Monroe was stuck in the plastic fun tunnel...

Ms. Kay

Sara Finnerty -

Amber lay with her back on the purple yoga mat, her legs pressed together at a perfect 90-degree angle. “Exhale,” the teacher said, “And...

Certainty

Matthew Walsh -

“We want you to come around the corner of the car like you aren’t expecting us.” Melanie smiled. She used a lint roller on...

If Life Gave Me Lemons

Kerry Clare -

At the time, her life had been lacking in sure things, and so Lindsay took comfort in knowing where she stood with Aaron, even...

Waiting

LaToya Watkins -

Vashti read the bear policy posted at the start of the trail twice before she decided to walk with us. She made one command....

The Hour of the Library

Wah-Ming Chang -

Our library is dying. The books break apart like hard dust, and we can no longer read their stories. A film of oil sticks...

Difficult People

Catriona Wright -

These talks are mandatory, aimed at increasing our productivity. The week prior I’d received an email from the organizer, Owen Peck. He promised “tactics...

New Delta Future

Kyle Coma-Thompson -

The return to Moon Lake had been a quiet one—a drive through downtown Helena, depressing, most of the storefronts abandoned, the sidewalks cut apart...

The Only Tricks We Know

Emily X.R. Pan -

The day Eugene told me his secret he gave me a bouquet of lilies. Ice clung to the petals like fuzz. Sorry about the frost,...

Recipe for Marble Cake

Hallie Elizabeth Newton -

I was in Texas one summer and found myself sneaking into a famous designer’s backyard with a bisexual engineer and a carpenter who used...