Fiction
Charles
Charles wants one final, anonymous hookup before reconciling with his boyfriend but his date has other plans.
Charles
Charles wants one final, anonymous hookup before reconciling with his boyfriend but his date has other plans.
Rapids
By CB Anderson Every day at lunchtime Sean paddles upriver, pulling against the current until his mind is sky and white-capped water. The precarity suits
A Stand-Up Comedian Walks into a Bar
By Ellis Shuman “Tough crowd tonight.” “You can’t win them all,” Mac said, slumping into a chair at the side of the club. “Some of
Billy Benjamin
By Emily Weedon, She lived in Laaksolahti and hated it. She hated the suburban, fussy strangled feel to the place. Dirt roads, for Crissakes, and
Night of the Coywolf
By Christopher Allen Nonna changed after her kitten was eaten. We all did, more or less. But the little fur ball was her greatest friend.
Cracker
By Bethany Browning Mother died cracking her neck. Balled her fist, positioned it under her chin and pushed sharply to the left. The hyperextension snapped
The Freedom of the Hills
By Michael Zamzow They say rock climbing is about facing death, but I’m not sure. Perhaps when I began, I would have made that claim
Father D
By James Cortese Childhood—here’s what I hated about it. I hated the way you had to be like everyone else. Hated the way you had
Novel Excerpt: (In) visible
By Ivan Baidak I feel that otherness is inside us—in what we think about, in what we consider important, in how we treat people around
Rattle
By Alex Dako, He checked his cellphone; he had two missed calls and a text message that read: “hey man… I need your muscles at