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July 23, 2024 | Fiction

A Loveless Man

Katie Rice

 

I hover above the toilet, my thighs rock hard as they hold my body in a seated position. The walls are covered in yellowing images of women from the 70s. Half-clothed, their nipples are big and

July 12, 2024 | Fiction

Pay Pig

Erin AKA Suburban Cutie

On your knees, piggy Macy replied.

July 12, 2024 | Fiction

Pay Pig

Erin AKA Suburban Cutie

On your knees, piggy Macy replied.

June 20, 2024 | Fiction

In Heaven We Live In 2 Dimensions

Conor Truax

The West was declining, masculinity was dissolving into cotton-candy sky. There are few of our kind remaining… his brothers wrote in the Instagram comments of a masculinity influencer. Come with us now, the influencer had written. There are new worlds to save.

June 20, 2024 | Fiction

In Heaven We Live In 2 Dimensions

Conor Truax

The West was declining, masculinity was dissolving into cotton-candy sky. There are few of our kind remaining… his brothers wrote in the Instagram comments of a masculinity influencer. Come with us now, the influencer had written. There are new worlds to save.

June 18, 2024 | Fiction

Smoking

David Stillwagon

Maybe I was smoking all wrong, but it appeared that I needed another smoke.

June 18, 2024 | Fiction

Smoking

David Stillwagon

Maybe I was smoking all wrong, but it appeared that I needed another smoke.

June 17, 2024 | Fiction

BUD

Filip Fufezan

It’s been two weeks since our last contact.

Bud is either dead, on a bender, or has forgotten about me.

I pick up my iPhone.

 hey. I type.

The message bubble turns green.

Bud, what’s

June 17, 2024 | Fiction

BUD

Filip Fufezan

It’s been two weeks since our last contact.

Bud is either dead, on a bender, or has forgotten about me.

I pick up my iPhone.

 hey. I type.

The message bubble turns green.

Bud, what’s

June 14, 2024 | Fiction

Bird heart & The mother

Natalie Rose Richardson

Bird heart

I was hiking the canyons alone when a mountain lion appeared on the path in front of me. Needless to say I was surprised. I had never seen a mountain lion in the wild before, so you

June 14, 2024 | Fiction

Bird heart & The mother

Natalie Rose Richardson

Bird heart

I was hiking the canyons alone when a mountain lion appeared on the path in front of me. Needless to say I was surprised. I had never seen a mountain lion in the wild before, so you

June 13, 2024 | Fiction

Woman

Evelyn Bamski

Money’s what lets me know I’m a good whore.

June 13, 2024 | Fiction

Woman

Evelyn Bamski

Money’s what lets me know I’m a good whore.

June 11, 2024 | Fiction

Alex & Chloe

Peter Vack

Novel excerpt:

Alex hands her a plastic cup filled to the brim with tequila and places his body carefully next to hers. The moment of transgression is fast approaching.

“Do you skate?” Chloe

June 11, 2024 | Fiction

Alex & Chloe

Peter Vack

Novel excerpt:

Alex hands her a plastic cup filled to the brim with tequila and places his body carefully next to hers. The moment of transgression is fast approaching.

“Do you skate?” Chloe

June 7, 2024 | Fiction

Entry-Level

Chris R. Morgan

When you join the creative department of SpyRE as an intern, you are told two things by HR.

June 7, 2024 | Fiction

Entry-Level

Chris R. Morgan

When you join the creative department of SpyRE as an intern, you are told two things by HR.

June 3, 2024 | Fiction

Why We Walk with Spikes on Our Shoes

Maureen Aitken

Because Prince said sometimes it snows in April, one day it did. The snow pummeled us, then melted, then pooled on the sidewalks and in the streets, only to freeze under a full moon. The ice sealed so

June 3, 2024 | Fiction

Why We Walk with Spikes on Our Shoes

Maureen Aitken

Because Prince said sometimes it snows in April, one day it did. The snow pummeled us, then melted, then pooled on the sidewalks and in the streets, only to freeze under a full moon. The ice sealed so

June 3, 2024 | Fiction

Three Stories

Joseph Young

The spider, god, the devil, me, Kevin Bacon, the dog… The dog, realizing she’d been referred to, thumped her tail twice somewhere in the other room …What’s the difference? What’s the distance?

June 3, 2024 | Fiction

Three Stories

Joseph Young

The spider, god, the devil, me, Kevin Bacon, the dog… The dog, realizing she’d been referred to, thumped her tail twice somewhere in the other room …What’s the difference? What’s the distance?

May 31, 2024 | Fiction

THE WEIGHT OF FAITH

Lamb

I’m not a fan of Roseanne, but I hope she never has to watch this.

May 31, 2024 | Fiction

THE WEIGHT OF FAITH

Lamb

I’m not a fan of Roseanne, but I hope she never has to watch this.

May 28, 2024 | Fiction

Introduce Yourself

August Lamm

Lloyd finishes reading and Rae turns to me and says, Who was that guy, did you know him? And I say, Dude, that was Lloyd. And she says, What the fuck, that was Lloyd? And I say, That was Lloyd.

May 28, 2024 | Fiction

Introduce Yourself

August Lamm

Lloyd finishes reading and Rae turns to me and says, Who was that guy, did you know him? And I say, Dude, that was Lloyd. And she says, What the fuck, that was Lloyd? And I say, That was Lloyd.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub