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.
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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.
WHAT WE DID by K. A. Polzin
April 3, 2023
Then there was nothing left to sell. The blood bank told us we needed to give our veins a rest. Should we try pickpocketing, we wondered.
LISTENING TO DINOSAURS by Kyle Seibel
March 29, 2023
That morning at Rincon marked a change in my relationship to the dinosaurs. Fewer and fewer would muster when I called a session until I stopped doing it so much. Felt like I was bugging them.
FIRST AID by Boston Chandler
March 27, 2023
“Get out of here, pervert.” He doesn’t get out of here. People watch from their small islands of striped towels and coolers.
REGENERATION by Hayli Cox
March 22, 2023
Momma’s bones are broken in so many places that the images look like fins in their oceanic blue-black glow. She’s lost so much lately.