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Pound-town, U.S.A.
Arielle Gordon
You’ll know you’re entering pound-town, U.S.A. if you start to lie a lot
A Few Words about My Son
David Samuel Levinson
Because isn’t that the true nature of love, protecting each other from our wickedest parts?
What Is the Moon Called?
Michael Robert Liska
The moon men decided to come to Earth because they didn’t like the way the Earth people were always staring at them. Whenever they looked up at that enormous blue orb through their telescope, the
Privacy Fence
Austin Blaze
It’s got good bones, everyone kept telling us. Who knows.
Fablegun Construction
Drew Mosman
I see them right there plain as day, two-dimensional prints, sacred geometry, my life is full of meaning.
Snowflakes
Amy DeBellis
I wake up the next morning with the sensation that my lips weigh ten pounds and are about to drop off my face. I’m too scared to look in the mirror,
Excerpts from STEALING MARQUEE MOON
Christopher Kennedy
In those days, it was popular to ask, What would Jesus do? I crucified myself for days.
She Wants Her MTV
Mallory Smart
They said it was a record-breaking storm. I wasn’t paying attention. I was trying to find a clean bowl and wondering if the radiator was supposed to make that noise. I didn’t think anyone would be out
Excerpt from 'Wedding Crasher, Marin County'
Wilson Koewing
Somebody is going to roofie them, I said. Dave laughed uncertainly.
Russian Class
Angélica Pina Lèbre
I look at the curtain. I haven’t touched the red box since my new friend from Russian class opened it. It feels like a different object now that she’s touched it.
Love Spells
Ginger Jones
When you rearrange my insides you leave me for dead.
How to Be Loved
Yasmin Lagarde
When his heart is an ashtray—cigarette butts put out on a surface that will not flinch
Make Me a Steak?
Colleen Grablick
When I finally swallow, it feels like an admission of failure.
The Decemberists
Maxfield Francis Goldman
She buys us both mineral waters from the MoMA cafe.
Fidele’s Corner
James McGowan
So what if, slightly buzzed, she witnessed jubilant souls who succored maggots with their wounds, or improvised love songs to Señor Suboxone
Everything Passes
Pranavesh Subramanian
As the day proceeds, we end up chatting. I tell the man with the snowflake tattoo: I thought you were in a biker gang but you’re all just working on Excel.
Like a Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
Jean Marie Hackett
Let’s be clear:
You destroy things.
A Letter I Hope You Don’t Write, Son
Garima Chhikara
Do you think I won’t understand because I never finished school?
Fantasy Football
Arcadia Molinas
Only the best of girls get to play fantasy football and today, that’s me.
Next Level Unlocked
Mia Risher
Clem wasn’t worried that Joshua would be a catfish.
Recent Books
Pregaming Grief
Danielle Chelosky
Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.
Backwardness
Garielle Lutz
Garielle's longest, most peculiar, most particularized book. A sure-to-be collector's item. Delivery 4-6 weeks!
Dear Nico: the Diary of Elizabeth Ellen (Nov, 2018-Feb, 2020)
Elizabeth Ellen
"Is this the actual diary you wrote at the time? The diary reads a lot like a novel, with its motifs of the murderess, the acupuncturist, etc." -Garielle Lutz, author of Worsted and The Complete Gary Lutz