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.
Flash
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.
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.
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.
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 Montoya
March 8, 2023
You ain’t never punched nobody before. But you know how it’s done. You’ve seen enough movies.
BOMBING IN ALEPPO by Cory Bennet
March 6, 2023
Like the Ship of Theseus—was it the same skateboard if the deck was different? In my mind it was part of a lineage.