Museum Piece
Becky May They’d hung Monet’s ‘Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond’ across the white expanse of wall in the end room, […]
Category: issue 6
Growing Season
Katie Hunter Last summer my tomatoes Swept the garden. Downy tendrils swaddled jalapeños and My soiled hands Arrested dreams of eggplant Crept […]
Autumn Wasp
Harriet MacMillan You have made of me an autumn wasp.The last yellow gasp of summer was utteredand the air crisped around me, […]
Scarlett’s Got a Gun
Fiona McKay Scarlett’s got a gun. Moves on alcohol-soft legs through a glass room, louring shadows, candlestick-high. Feels no pain, plant-pot rammed, […]
Hot Girl Summer For Nerds Who Love Too Hard
Avery Nguyen You don’t know how to hook up with me and I don’t know how to hook up with you. Just […]
How Do You Recognize a Good Man?
Kristina Thornton Friday night freedom hangs in the air as she follows him through the packed street. Shouts and laughs surround them. […]
Seed, Root, Shoot
James Montgomery Soon enough, there’ll be time for twelve red roses. A carnation wrist corsage. Homemade Christmas wreaths hung from her own […]
Night Fishers
Merridawn Duckler Water against the pier like a throat click. The churned blanket of our childhood bed. Lines curve back and fly […]
Out to the Rain
Lauren Cortese We think we stopped crying on a Thursday. Those of us who were at funerals or who gave birth that […]
The Copyeditor’s Lament
JP Seabright I dream in the margins. My head full of black marks on a page. Several small underlinings; here and […]
The During is a Deep, Wide Pit
Lindsey Neely I knew last night that today would suck but I watched the testimony anyway because you have to know […]
They Were Boiling Their Clothes
Rodrigo Duran They were boiling their clothes. They were in the kitchen wearing raincoats, but the true outfits swirled in […]
With Nothing to Lose (Not Even Her Body)
Mandira Pattnaik Adori wasn’t always a shadow. When her husband confined her to a window-less room immediately after her twins were […]
