VESSELS by Jennifer Love
When anger threatens to disturb my indifference towards the customers, I breathe deep, I take smoke breaks to cool my nerves in the gnashing waves.
SEX, OR by Brett Milam
Unbeknownst to you, you were in a ménage à trois with me and depression and I was only able to pleasure one of you.
THE MOTHERS by Hollynn Huitt
His mom made a quiet bleating sound under her breath. Fear bolted through him, but now he was seven and so he stood his ground.
MY GHOST by Aileen O’Dowd
The exorcist knocks on the door.
LIT VEGAN SEX by M.C. Schmidt
Ultimately, she accepted me, weird diet and all. And last night, for the very first time, she slept over.
HERO by Mike Wilson
But maybe it would be good in some way, this sudden death of his, maybe it would mean his son Jason would move back to town and stop chasing that stupid life as a YouTube street magician.
THIS YEAR WAS A BUST by Mike Vizcarra
There is a red lipstick stain on my shirt from when we hugged. Mocking me, the way that stains do.
CHICKEN FAT by Sonya Lara
This seems to make her feel better because she sucks the wing real good like she’s trying to make the bird cum while she tells me that she wishes her daughter was more like me, minus the whole losing my hair thing obviously.
PUSHING THROUGH THE HOLLOW by Joe Squance
When Jimmy felt ready, he held the tip of the safety pin to the side of his left nipple and pressed it in.
TO HAVE A CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT by Richie Zaborowske
The thing is I’m not having a stroke. I’m drunk.