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November 4, 2024 | Fiction

How Ian Curtis Died

Divya Mehra

He says that’s how all rock stars die.

October 29, 2024 | Fiction

Work’s a 4-Letter Word

Peppy Ooze

such as the obligatory Ramones cos of bullshit merch culture I thought and turned the hanger seeing Queen, Queen, Queen, Blur-n-Oasis, Queen, Wu-Tang, Queen, Nirvana, The Cure, Slayer, Joy Division

October 29, 2024 | Fiction

Work’s a 4-Letter Word

Peppy Ooze

such as the obligatory Ramones cos of bullshit merch culture I thought and turned the hanger seeing Queen, Queen, Queen, Blur-n-Oasis, Queen, Wu-Tang, Queen, Nirvana, The Cure, Slayer, Joy Division

October 21, 2024 | Fiction

Look

Ruth Schemmel

Sabra Zornes had no intention of attending her ex-husband’s engagement party

October 21, 2024 | Fiction

Look

Ruth Schemmel

Sabra Zornes had no intention of attending her ex-husband’s engagement party

October 14, 2024 | Fiction

The Wave

Kyle Proehl

     That’s all I know, less than nothing.

October 14, 2024 | Fiction

The Wave

Kyle Proehl

     That’s all I know, less than nothing.

October 11, 2024 | Fiction

Yellowing

Garth Miró

What I remember of my cousin killing his sister is the sound. The stabbing that sounded like knocking, the knife being driven so hard into Agnes’ stomach it cleared the other side, striking the tub’s

October 11, 2024 | Fiction

Yellowing

Garth Miró

What I remember of my cousin killing his sister is the sound. The stabbing that sounded like knocking, the knife being driven so hard into Agnes’ stomach it cleared the other side, striking the tub’s

October 9, 2024 | Fiction

REPLY TO ALL

Greg Gerke

I didn’t say anything about your job or your Mark Twain or anything. There’s nothing wrong with working in a factory, there’s nothing wrong with bowling, there’s nothing wrong with having a Star Wars room…

October 9, 2024 | Fiction

REPLY TO ALL

Greg Gerke

I didn’t say anything about your job or your Mark Twain or anything. There’s nothing wrong with working in a factory, there’s nothing wrong with bowling, there’s nothing wrong with having a Star Wars room…

October 7, 2024 | Fiction

Midway

Adam Woodhead

When you get out of Bellvue, they just discharge you and won’t even tell you where you are,

October 7, 2024 | Fiction

Midway

Adam Woodhead

When you get out of Bellvue, they just discharge you and won’t even tell you where you are,

October 4, 2024 | Fiction

How to Make Wedding Pie

Exquisite Armantè

Before you can go to introduce yourself, she reaches in her mouth and pulls out his tongue.

October 4, 2024 | Fiction

How to Make Wedding Pie

Exquisite Armantè

Before you can go to introduce yourself, she reaches in her mouth and pulls out his tongue.

October 2, 2024 | Fiction

I Remember Jenny Stax

Scott Laudati

But the merch guy was always your ticket in.

October 2, 2024 | Fiction

I Remember Jenny Stax

Scott Laudati

But the merch guy was always your ticket in.

October 1, 2024 | Fiction

The luckiest girls in the world can turn themselves to stone

Chloe Pingeon

He never returns. That summer, it is just Olive and Rhea.

October 1, 2024 | Fiction

The luckiest girls in the world can turn themselves to stone

Chloe Pingeon

He never returns. That summer, it is just Olive and Rhea.

September 27, 2024 | Fiction

crossing the line

Sophie Madeline Dess

It’s not necessarily loneliness that I feel but rather a burgeoning propensity toward violence.

September 27, 2024 | Fiction

crossing the line

Sophie Madeline Dess

It’s not necessarily loneliness that I feel but rather a burgeoning propensity toward violence.

September 25, 2024 | Fiction

Humiliation

Evan Grillon

“Aren’t hot dogs a little, you know, phallacious?” Sam asked, the words rolling out of his mouth like marbles.

“I’m a Halloweenie.”

“I hate you,” he said under his breath, but just loud enough that he hoped she would hear him.

September 25, 2024 | Fiction

Humiliation

Evan Grillon

“Aren’t hot dogs a little, you know, phallacious?” Sam asked, the words rolling out of his mouth like marbles.

“I’m a Halloweenie.”

“I hate you,” he said under his breath, but just loud enough that he hoped she would hear him.

September 24, 2024 | Fiction

Coyotes

Zoë Rose

Left to its own devices, the body is remarkably adept at disappearing. Left to others’ devices, its
veins are flushed and filled, lips are sewn shut, eyelids are propped.

September 24, 2024 | Fiction

Coyotes

Zoë Rose

Left to its own devices, the body is remarkably adept at disappearing. Left to others’ devices, its
veins are flushed and filled, lips are sewn shut, eyelids are propped.

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