Showing results for November, 2020
The Self-hating Negro
Allen M. Price
I grew up in the predominantly all-white neighborhood of Warwick, Rhode Island; I was one of only two Black kids in my elementary, junior high, and high schools. I dressed well, presented myself well, got good grades.
for E
Olivia Braley
My friends and I would see you on the streets and say you looked like a villain. Slicked back black hair, tall and thin, distrusting gaze, but handsome. All sinister swagger.
The Nonsense Brothers Detective Agency
Steve Chang
Mondays, Mondays, Mondays!
Ha-ha! I love my wife Gwen! She's the best. Today, she sprinkled paprika in my oatmeal—to prank me I bet—and I didn’t figure it out until halfway through the bowl.
the year nyc was covered in cherry blossoms we never got to see
Alexis Briscuso
i got rid of my pack rat tendencies
and spread all the feathers
Dream Seafood Restaurant
Matt E. Lewis
The seafood restaurant in my dreams closed down last night.
Significant Tornadoes
Carmen E Brady
Many days I realize my dreams are fiction half way through.
Dry-Humping Andrea Schwartz
Eric Rosenblum
Margot and I had humped once, too, when I stopped by and Andrea wasn’t home.
after seeing a dead bear on the highway
RaJon Staunton
its stagnant swollen limbs...
Red Tractor
Caleb Tankersley
I saw the whole thing from my sunroom, how the front wheel pinned his legs, shredded his muddy jeans then tore through the rest of him.
Fifteen Minutes
Nicolo Gentile
1985: the year of “high-risk” and Careless Whispers. His appearance was brief —lasting all of ten second— but there he was, following an interview between Debbie Harry and Nick Rhodes on the Palladium.
Mothers
Zoë Ballering
When I heard the name, I was sure it held a deeper meaning. No, she said, laughing... She explained that the knot combines the features of a reef knot, a thief knot, and a granny knot. It’s a portmanteau, not a metaphor. Grief has no meaning, she said.
Three Poems
Mariah Bosch
Algo -
I am precise for the machine: tenderness+immediate? Did you
mean tenderness immediately? cheap+recipe+
for+one. when+you+sit+down+and+they+look+
at+you+like+that. libra+[you
Altitude Sickness
Cherie Nelson
You turn to face me, apologize for the mountain, for not drinking enough water, for not letting me turn back to make sure you were safe at a lower elevation. For not realizing what this would do to me.
Four Poems
Mike Topp
"Strange," "Rare Books," "New Suit," and "The Killer"
A Voicemail From Dad
Michael Riess
"Hey Em, it's Dad. Sorry it's so early ..."
Rocky Lives in My Head Rent Free
Julia Do
in this one you’re a six foot / two hundred pound prize
A Problem Set
Lauren D. Woods
Why did Train A leave while Train B was still getting ready?
Care Provided By Rescuer
T.L. Pavlich
Reason for rescue? What does that mean? Cause it was dying, I don't know. What do you want me to say?
Love Letter in 2020
Cory Liang
Last Christmas, you asked for my latest address and sent a postcard all the way from Paris. There was a close-up shot of Hemingway’s face on the front. On the back, you wrote: “You deserve all the good in the world.” I took a picture of it but never sent anything back.
The idiopathic bloodlust of inanimate objects
JR Walsh
There wasn’t a bike rack because car people owned this town. You locked up to telephone poles covered in missing cats and hoped your chain stayed chained. In the shadows of rusting delivery trucks the
Today on Dagobah, Ep. 6: "Routine"
Josh Sippie
As Yoda sat on a tree stump, perfectly force-carved to complement his bony exterior and knobby joints, he realized that it had been five days in a row now that he had sat on this tree stump.
Riverfront Aria
Kathryn Haemmerle
Most people prefer the Vulcan statue...
Case Study of Pleasure & Also Baskin Robbins Water Fountains I Think
Micaela Walley
In my Sunday dress, I suckled water from the Baskin Robbin’s water fountain — the one nearest to the men’s restroom. My father sat at a table a few feet away, writing notes in his Bible for his next