By Davy Joseph You’re welcome to take a look inside, amygdala lit up on the power lines. Crashing violently into the good night, into the...

By Letícia Oliveira Helena doesn’t live in a city but in a memory. Passing through poor neighborhoods, she remembers her grandparents’...

By Sarah Hecker I got a sun tattooed on the tender part of my pale forearm. To signify that I hadn’t bitten into the apple with a sliver...

By Sarah Hecker I wish you’d bite my head off first, so I’d at least be shown some mercy before you chew me up and spit me out, deciding...

By David Ellison Come to the edge, and look down to see what lies below. You’ll see a blackness that goes on forever, with a depth that...

By Jamie Galioto He needed something new after the most recent fiasco with Claire. He was looking for a blank slate, one who would need...

By Sam Dotson A pockmarked face, marred by decision and derision, marked by contention. I don’t look like such a young man anymore....

By Sam Dotson An old friend come to see me again. “It’s been a while,” spoken knowingly. “Can you remember?” Not anymore. “Kind of,” I...

By Sam Dotson How the bell tolls, sounding at the hour. Not to mark the time, but something much more dour. That taste in your mouth,...

By Madeline “This is for the simple fact that there will come a time when what I bring to the table tastes a lot more sour than it does...

By B. Howard Barnhill “Everywhere at the End of Time” is Like moths turning a Newspaper Stand to ribbons. Trying to describe feeling...

By David Wanczyk My friend’s daughter is doing a high school project on Iceland, and when she told a group of folks about it the other...

By Maggie Malloy Monkeys at the zoo: a simple phrase that seems to be full of ambiguity and unimportance. Yet, my ten-year-old self found...

By Tyler McDonald For my hands tremble at the desk, dancing above the permanent ink stains, smearing words that make out the grotesque,...

By Jack Knudson My knees sunk into the velvet bar, and my forearms rested on another. I folded my hands, ramming my palms together until...