MAINTENANCE by Nicholas Claro
September 16, 2022
I got a call from a friend of a friend back home in Arkansas while waiting in line at the CVS, telling me our friend was in hospice.
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QED by Tina S. Zhu
September 14, 2022
To prove that I was not a victim of grand larceny by way of The Incredible Madame Eustacia like Channel 2 News is falsely claiming, I will demonstrate the following: a) that the Incredible Madame Eustacia was not a fraud and that b) despite relying on crowdfunding for next month’s rent, her advice was worth the cost.
BAD NEWS GOOD NEWS by Ahimaz Ponrasa
September 12, 2022
Bad news is prose allows only so much empty space. Good news is poetry allows lots and lots of breathing space.
EATS LIKE A BEAR by Nathan Willis
September 7, 2022
The bear looks up the school the baby will one day attend and leaves messages for the administrator, asking how soon is too soon to start the admissions process.
HOW I GOT HERE by Emily Behnke
September 5, 2022
Up there, euphoria is brewing, and I decide it’s just for me.
CLOSE ONE by Matt Barrett
August 31, 2022
He said he knew the best way to escape. He wouldn’t just sit back as the cops put handcuffs on their wrists.
THE ELIMINATION DIET by Alexandra Wuest
August 29, 2022
Her older sister Kathleen is on the clams casino diet. Her younger sister Nina is on the tap dance diet. Each sister thinks the others are crazy for eating the way they do and each sister says so.
BIG GULP by Catherine Chiarella Domonkos
August 24, 2022
You hook up with Danny in a boys’ room stall after rock band practice the day he tells you when you hold the mike close to your lips it’s like you’re going down on it.
CLUCK LIKE A CHICKEN by Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez
August 22, 2022
If this wasn’t serious business, you’d laugh your butt off because it looks like the chicken is wearing lipstick and the shine on its feathers makes you think of gel on jet black hair.
SLINGER JESUS by J M F Casey
August 18, 2022
He held the baggy towards me, flexing its mouth, wafting the pungent vapours. It was barely a ‘teenth, not worth 30, but I bought it.