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The Swan as Metaphor for Love

Amelia Gray -

The Swan as Metaphor for Love is included in Amelia Gray's collection Gutshot, which is now available from FSG. Purchase it from Powell's A swan's...

25,000 Wishes

Taylor Basso -

Julio and Amelia have done everything they can to ignore the ladybug infestation. As dozens multiply into hundreds, it becomes increasingly difficult. Amelia presses...

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...

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....

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...

Glory

Catie Disabato -

The three of us tossed Avi in the bathroom and locked her in. She screamed for hours, until her voice gave out, then banged...

All Of The Arctic Explorers

Bryan Hurt -

PYTHEAS First of all Pytheas, Pytheas of Greece. He was everything that you’d expect from an ancient Greek person. Toga laurel wreath, all of...

Destiny

Ammi Keller -

The man sat hunched above us on the hot tub’s ladder, his ankles in the water, his nipples pendulous and oyster pink. “So what...

The Measure Everything Machine and Other Sketches: an excerpt

Amanda Ackerman -

Troll A man devotes much of his energy to studying poetry. At times he even manages to write poetry, yet whenever he sits down to...

The Failure Age: an excerpt

Amanda Montei -

He reads her poetry that he hasn’t written. He weeps as he reads it. The words loll around on his tongue like melting ice...