Untitled Caitlin Colford The wind settled, she fixed her hair, smoothing down the wiry strays, and Leanie waved her first goodbye for the last time. The Picnic Todd McKie Mayonnaise, like love, spoils quickly, something Jill forgot because it was so goddamn hot and because she got…
One Sentence DeWitt Brinson The sentence spoke of love, fear, beauty, and prison mathematics. One Sentence Concerning Ants Robert John Miller If one is to smoosh a line of ants that have discovered the sugar and coffee remnants of an afternoon snack, one must commence the smooshing…
Draw Something Nice Wendy E. Wallace@wendyewallace1 She still crutches out to the bar because she has the sort of friends who expect her to keep up or be left at home, and she props her casted leg up on a bar stool against the persistent throb and tells strangers who…
Final Girl Kirby Wilson My father watched House of 1000 Corpses back in 2003 because it was directed by Rob Zombie, former frontman for White Zombie, which was a band who understood the look and sound of the 80s hair metal, “noise-shit” as my father called it, and he loved…
Chronic Pain Management Emily Laura Costa Today the rheumatologist told me quinine water can ease my muscle spasms, the sensation of my hands being cupped then not, cupped then not, cupped then not, my calves blinking inside like fireflies, my toes moving like a player piano, but since the taste…
She Must Not Think Bad Thoughts Lori Sambol Brody @lorisambolbrody She’s a little in love with the band’s bass player and his fingers sliding across the fretboard and matching the rhythm of her heart, and also a little in love with the college boy who snuck her into the Whisky…
Dream House Dorothy Bendel @dorothybendel I choose a shiny gold mini-skirt and hot pink tank top and Sarah asks if Barbie will be cold but I say it’s always warm in Malibu, the sun shines all day, every day, and Sarah says that sounds nice and I say I wish I could…
Reader Jennifer Solheim @jennifersolheim “Your novel is good,” her boyfriend said, “but your real stories are better.” Mit Shithead Neighbor Trev Zachary Williams My shithead neighbor Trev got put on probation for insurance fraud and gave me his tackle box full of weed, for safekeeping, since he knows my…
Red Heel Strut Katrina Byrd @ovenhot On a recent day in early April, a short, brown-skinned woman with a large Afro, a funky strut, and an attitude as real as her love for feathers, entered a shoe store just as a bald man in blue jeans pulled a gun from…
