Two Stories
Fiction by Rone ShaversYes, there’s a confessional aspect to the crônica, but the confessions are not at all personal. Instead, the crônica highlights a persona, a winking avatar in place of the whole of the writer. In other words, it’s not me. Because me? I’m still alone, dancing—you know it, baby. … More
Catch You on the Flip Side
Fiction by Harry LeedsWe found his last will and testament, printed on special old-style stationary from Staples he seemed to have stamp-notarized himself. I forgot to mention he was a notary public. He wanted all his assets donated to the NAACP, and he insisted his grave stone say, “Catch You on The Flip Side.”… More
The Waiting Game
Fiction by Mather SchneiderI felt a little heavy and when I opened my boxer shorts I noticed that my scrotum was three times its normal size and my dick was lumpy with malleable sacs of fluid. … More
Rufous Treepie
Fiction by Sobia AliLook at a cat, what does it think of you? You would rather be a mouse than a man. And what can you do except feel sorry you are not a rat? Nature AS the manifestation of All sacred, Infinite Being. Whoa. It should show you. … More
History Is Not Chronology
The Guiri Journals by Jesse SalvoThe Spanish expression, for being unfaithful to someone is “Puso los cuernos” to put the horns on them. My romantic partner one day wandered into the teacher’s lounge of her high school, to find her colleagues gossiping that one of the girls, Maria, had “put the horns on Alvaro.”
“Poor Alvaro,” someone said.
“Poor Maria,” my partner said to me.
The Spanish word for a shameless gossip is “chismoso”
The Spanish word for a hotshot, or someone who makes all the decisions is “El que corta el bacalao” or “he that cuts the codfish.”… More
Three Stories
Fiction by Stephanie YuHe has this chiseled out jaw and these amazing blown out pecs and this super cute dimple that shows up when he smiles. And he also has a tail.… More
Young God in Gym Class
Fiction by Joe SackstederYoung God pulls his Dream Team from a roadside culvert, spins Lucifer from cornsilk—because not having a favorite is beyond even God’s young powers.… More
Three Stories
Fiction by Luke RolfesI can tell by the elliptical pupils—its cat eyes. The single mother is right. This snake is a viper. … More
Protections and Coverages
Fiction by Mitchell Atkinson IIIHis right eye had suffered a devastating wound. The organ was white, almost totally without iris or pupil, and angry lines of blood snaked across its surface. It looked as if someone had tried to remove it and failed.… More
Last Day at the Burj-al Samak
Fiction by Rob McClure SmithA security expert in the Middle East is challenged by a beautiful Russian urban climber.… More
“The car had been through a reconstructed transmission, a busted carburetor, and was an absolute lush for Valvoline.” – Jordan Farmer, “Brothers”
