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Non-Reader Spotlight: Kathryn Wakeman
Jac Jemc
For this Non-Reader spotlight, we talk to Kathryn Wakeman about not reading, tv, East of Eden, Eat Pray Love, reading the internet, deadlines, feminism, unlikeable female characters, uncontrollable agreeability.
Taco Bell
Dave Housley
A new email dings into his box and Miller cringes. Somehow he knows it’s from her, something about the ding – it is insistent, urgent, as... more
Three Little Blackbirds
Joan Wilking
The next morning the phone rings early, five-thirty, definitely not later than six. The birds outside don’t scream that loud... more
The Haberdash
Adam Robinson
Suddenly I want to be the one to leave a party.
Maybe life imitates art after all.
Thunderbirds: Who, Why, and How
Rebecca Scherm
There’s been a lot of talk about Executives in the news lately, a lot of mystery and confusion. For the last year, I’ve... more
Junky Girl and Loser Boyfriend Pop Pills and Repair to Florida
Tom Macher
LAKE ELSINORE WILL HOST THE ONE TRICK PONY
This place was one of those places.... more
A Phan's Notes: On Patience
Justin St. Germain
As I write this, nearly a month into the season, my beloved Phillies flounder in third place. Even that dubious... more
The Art of Fiction Cycling
Matthew Vollmer
HOBART: Maybe I'm seeing a connection where there isn't one and this doesn't apply more to writers than anyone else, but... more
Never Making Any Headway: A Conversation about novel writing between Samuel Sattin and Joshua Mohr
Samuel Sattin
On April 9, my debut novel League of... more
Three Stories
Ryan Call
As a teenager, I had this superficial interest in handguns—I liked how the metal felt against my skin. I had never learned to shoot one, however, nor did I really intend to know at that young age.
from An Enquiry into the Origin of Lady Burke’s Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Kirby Johnson
The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the... more
It's Over Before You Know It
Lori Jakiela
Last week, my birthday passed without time to celebrate. No cake, no party. I’ve been working a lot. My daughter... more
Meth and the Genre Debate
Lucas Mann
Walter White is looking in the mirror when he hears a key in the door of his condo. He is smoothing a deep maroon shirt,... more
Don’t Be a Stupid Jerk
Tom McCartan
Everyone watched him walk to the guy. Everyone saw. They were all watching with their big stupid eyes that wouldn't let... more
May = National Poetry Month, y'all!
We know. We know. First we told you we didn’t publish poetry. And now look at us. Thanks to the fantastic Caleb... more
More Overly Accommodating Poetry Written to Answer a Question I've Tried to Imply That You Asked
Chelsea Martin
This poem is about death and, to some extent, life.