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THE INHERITENCE / LA HERENCIA by Sam Moe

February 28, 2024

I think we’re all stuck to the Manhattan apartment, its thick coatings of paint intertwined with our veins, which crisscross around the city, glowing in the night, fraying when we argue.

VIRGIN SUNNING ON ARTIFICIAL ROCK by Kate Busatto

January 31, 2024

But before I can swallow, I must disarm her. Rob her of agency and hope. Break the faith that brought her to the enclosure.

ELAINE by LJ Pemberton

November 22, 2023

The more of Elaine he had had, the less it felt like she belonged to him at all. Besides, he said, I have learned that even possession is a kind of disappointment.

PORCELAIN by Nicholas Claro

September 27, 2023

The couch is more of a loveseat. It hardly seats the two of us. On it is the pillow and blanket I’ve been using. This is the longest conversation we’ve had in over a week.

HOBBIES by Robbie Herbst

August 30, 2023

She’d say that it’s not enough for a man to create a life; he must sustain it. Protect it. Sufficiency means safety. It means contingencies. It means insurance.

COMPANY MAN by Jeff Karr

August 23, 2023

The lord’s light is a fathomless null. Sometimes you’re afforded a glimpse and it’s a tunnel on the other side of which you crawl on the accordioned car’s ceiling.

AT THE VERY CENTER OF YOU IS NOTHING by Alice M.

August 16, 2023

The masks were thin, pliable. They attached to her skin, seamless. They emoted for her, always appropriate, guaranteed to fetch the reaction she wanted.

WHEN IT FIRST STARTED COMING DOWN IT WAS BEAUTIFUL by Billy Irving

August 9, 2023

The Weatherman describes the snow as dumping. Feathery bundles fall against all things and accumulate against all things, and besides that: the grey, and the cawing of invisible birds.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS by Aaron Burch

August 2, 2023

It was exciting and sad and over too fast and underwhelming and amazing, all at the same. It was all of it. It was beautiful.

PEGGING by Josh Sherman

July 26, 2023

Like anything, Hot Wheels has a language. Like any language you encounter, you want to make this one your own.