The West

All The Secrets Of The Universe

Janet Frishberg -

Before I believed Sam could change my life with his hands and attention, before Aunt Linda’s funeral, before any of it, I was technically just...

The Guest

Jennie Melamed -

She arrives on May 26th. A Monday. After all the days on my real calendar were crossed off, I made myself a new one. Nothing fancy,...

Past Lives

Aysegul Savas -

My husband asked it first, one evening before going to bed. “Do you think we knew each other in our past life?” “No,” I said. “No,...

The Boy Band

Wesley Cohen -

The boy band moves like happy sexy machines. Trent lifts his hands over his head like he’s blocking so many beach balls. Rex snaps his...

Sleepwalker

Anne-Marie Kinney -

His girlfriend had been a sleepwalker when he met her. She’d warned him after they’d been on a few dates, when he asked her back...

Zero Hour

Steph Wong Ken -

A transfer student from another Catholic high school, Rose McCraig liked to talk about the sickly saints, the holy anorexics who starved themselves for God. “St. Maria...

The Tiger Stand

Hunter Gagnon -

-he in the booth sits with his apple-round back hunched over the booklet – he is studying up – to impress...

Your Body Is Not A Lemon

Chelsea Bieker -

1 The summer runs through us. My cousin Lyle, a few years older. Me, about to enter high school. We go to the shed when...

Orcas Terminal

Marcelle Heath -

We were at the ferry terminal when the explosion went off. My spouse and I were on an anniversary trip to explore the San Juan...

Doreen

Margaret Adams -

“There are a few things that Dr. Conrad wants to talk to you about,” the office assistant had told Doreen on the phone, and Doreen...