"Donn" by John Lynch
Departing a hike that had failed to relieve his homicidal ideation, Donn eyed his Mercedes in the distant parking lot and shuddered at what appeared to be a man in a hooded sweatshirt rigging a bomb beneath the car’s front bumper.
Sep 12
"ACTING OUT" by Arno Calleja (tr. Katie Shireen Assef)
In chapter one, there’s a couple. The man has dark thoughts, the woman sexual ones. They live for years together in their separate...
Jan 8
"GALAXY DOOR" by Ryan Bry
If I had known that my doordasher was going to have to leave the galaxy in order to pick up my Korean street chicken I would have just...
Nov 27, 2024
"Classically Trained" by Charlie Zacks
Past tense. Every Saturday night for a whole semester I had class from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. in the basement of the music building at my...
Sep 24, 2024
"Bringing My Catatonic Ex GF on Our Date to Balthazar" by Vivi Hayes
I just knew you wouldn’t have the self-control to not neg me about my backpack. I FUCKING HATE YOU ART HOES. I hate you. Kidding!...
Jul 10, 2024
"STRAY TEXTS" by Jesse Hilson
That Friday morning Natasha drove an hour to Albany to board a short flight to Toronto, where she was slated to attend an academic conferenc
Jun 13, 2024
"Fall of a Prophet/Cormac Era"—Review by Bizarre Miscreant
The following review was written by artificial intelligence. An excerpt from the upcoming novel, Bodycount by Manuel Marrero was...
Jun 6, 2024
"Suicide Notes" by James Krendel-Clark
חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקְרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃
[his talk was smoother than butter,
yet his
Apr 19, 2024
"Boywhore" by Little Tank
The light from the movie screen illuminated his face, a bright, wide smile. He laughed hard at the screen and when we looked at the...
Mar 26, 2024
"The Surrogate" by Jessie Lifton
We had signed up for the program because my wife wanted it. And it was easier to go along with her than to admit my own desires, even to...
Mar 21, 2024


