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May 10, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

The Pilot

Emma Burger

I looked him up on Instagram. The only thing publicly linked to him was a photo of his smiling face in the cockpit of a 737, posted by the National Gay Pilots Association from 2020.

The Pilot photo
Good morning pathos photo

May 8, 2026 | Poetry

Good morning pathos

Emily May

I left Texas to have him. Not for him, but for me: so that I would survive.

Interview with a Gallery Owner photo

May 7, 2026 | Fiction

Interview with a Gallery Owner

Dmitriy Kogan

I sat down. Cassandra ordered a glass of wine. “I hope this wasn’t sudden,” she said.

My Mother the Diviner photo

May 6, 2026 | Poetry

My Mother the Diviner

Mike McHone

i wonder how hard it is for her to 

reconcile being a Christian and a witch

 

judge and judged. how easy 

May 5, 2026 | Fiction

In Search of Groypers

Kyle Kouri

Thus commences the portion of the evening in which you retrieve the Svedka again to sober up

May 4, 2026 | Poetry

Three Poems

Billy Jackson

cause that is all we knew 

we drank liquor, smoked crack, 
escorted prostitutes around in our car,

hoping for a bisquit, or a small dead bird,
a song sweetly sung; that no one ever heard.

May 3, 2026 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

The Unsuccessful Attempt to Bite the Dust

Rebecca Forest

I listen to Queen. “Another One Bites the Dust.” The soundtrack of my life.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

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

Her Lesser Work

Elizabeth Ellen

"[Her Lesser Work] is a collection of mordant and formally inventive stories circling themes of, let’s say, desire and escape within repressive structures."

      -Walker Caplan, Literary Hub