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How We Arrive

Steinur Bell -

One Monday I stood in my kitchen thawing orange juice concentrate, wondering whether to fix a sandwich. It was noon, quiet, and then I...

Empty Nest

Sarah Marian Seltzer -

Excerpted from the in-progress linked collection, Joy, Somewhere in the City Laine was in the passenger seat, her husband Gerald at the wheel, when he...

God Time

Caitlin Myer -

Harrison’s sister pulls back her hair to show him the gill. A little opening like a mouth on her pale neck. He asks if...

The Eyes of Spies

Lydia Ship -

The double agent slid down the side of a roof and launched, arms waving, across an alley to the next building, followed closely by...

Eva’s Room

Aggie Zivaljevic -

After the sun sets behind the bakery, and the sky turns a dark Prussian blue, the children feverishly play their sweetest games before being called in....

Rivals

Julie McArthur -

1998 Pre-Season My sister Wookie moved to Toronto to join The National Ballet. She arrived with a small suitcase in hand, leaving the bulk of...

Sappho Shtoltz Needs a Story

Liana Scalettar -

To tell her son. That she is not a blond beauty with black eyes is clear. That she does not shake hands...

The Picture of Feminine Corporate Sensuality

Teri Dee Strung and Dale Vigor -

Excerpted from the forthcoming novel Executive Privilege: An Erotic Satire due this fall from Baby Robot Press. Carolyne was a ball of frenzy. She...

GORILLA PAINTING 26″ x 32″ ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

Kris Bertin -

Present arrives from brother for 29th birthday. Painting of Gorilla with hands raised, palms-up, sitting in marshy field. Dead and disemboweledGorillas peppered around swampy landscape,...

Pop

Mindy Hung -

The first burst balloon was not entirely William's fault. The days had been getting shorter and the wind carried a chill, but he did...