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ANCHORAGE by Marc Tweed

May 1, 2023

That’s the Way of the Boss. That’s the Way of the Boss! Well, fuck.

OUR STORY by Rhea Ramakrishnan

April 26, 2023

You can tell yourself anything you want about yourself, even if it’s not true yet, and eventually it will be. Maybe.

DOOMSDAY APOCALYPSE MELANCHOLIA BLUES by Nathaniel Duggan

April 24, 2023

It was an easy thing, that winter, to realize that you were not, in fact, you—rather you were the untitled, draft email of yourself, addressed to no one.

MY IDEA OF SELF IS SELF-INFLICTION: Jared Daniel Fagen in conversation with Vi Khi Nao

April 21, 2023

I don’t feel free, Vi. Never have. I know you don’t either. I don’t know anyone who does, or has. Maybe nothing is, nor should it be.

ON BEAUTY by Amber Burke

April 19, 2023

I don’t mind when men talk and talk; then I don’t have to do anything. They fall in love all by themselves.

RECENTISH by Spencer Thomas Campbell

April 17, 2023

But the product of this was both gushy and vain. Embarrassing. It was easy to read his real interest, which was carnal, puckered.

THE FAST-FOOD REBELLION and THE LARPER by Will Musgrove

April 12, 2023

On break, he spoke to us through the order box. The sun warming our necks, we tossed French fries to seagulls and smelled the electric static on his breath.

THE FORTY-FIVE DOLLAR SCYTHE by Don Television

April 10, 2023

They looked for the seller. They were sometimes lurking near the booth, watching as you handled the crockery. Watching as you flipped through the records.

OLD MAN SHADOW by Christopher Notarnicola

April 5, 2023

The girl came out, banana in hand, and the guy from the back followed, loosening his fruit-stained apron, gaping at the climb.

DAVID’S GOING TO DIE by Aurora Huiza

April 5, 2023

Everybody in that coffee shop was always standing around, walking into each other, then backing up and trying again, like Sims, walking into the fridge, backing up, trying again.