Fiction

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.

THE PINHEADED DINOSAURS WITH THEIR TINY SKULLS by Kellie Rankey

March 20, 2023

We think about shaving and razors and haircuts and the whole fashion of manipulating the body into approved shapes. We wish our teeth were sharper, stronger.

COME by Michael McSweeney

March 15, 2023

I listened to their conversation and paced a circle around the fire. Drank my beer. I didn't know who Dayna was but something sounded heavy and neglected in the other guy's voice.

THE BIRTHDAY by C. Connor Syrewicz

March 13, 2023

Sometimes, we talk. Sports, TV—that sort of thing. Every so often, he invites me for drinks, but I always make up an excuse.

EL LUCHADOR by Nico M.

March 8, 2023

You ain’t never punched nobody before. But you know how it’s done. You’ve seen enough movies.