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Leaving My Younger Self - Matilda Bray
Bury me With Slinky’s that intertwine Metallic twang No more Twilight purple and Fanta orange Dollar store Bury me with sticky jams In...
May 1, 20221 min read
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Provenance - Shannon Vesely
Why do you do this? my daughter asks. I’m wiping clean a piece of used aluminum foil, then folding it into a neat square to be stacked...
Apr 29, 20222 min read
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Leaving - Syd Shaw
I left in winter, ice clinging to my eyelashes, slammed the car door and drove to a cheap motel. I left my guitar behind, came back the...
Apr 26, 20221 min read
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KNIGHT WILL NEVER BE KING - Ariya Mamun
When the boy is on his knees for you, you will be the one who knights him. Slicing into his shoulders ever so slightly. Shallow cuts...
Apr 25, 20221 min read
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Autopilot - Chelsea Vincenzi
After something sudden and violent happens to the body, it switches to autopilot. You're still you, but at the same time, not. A piece of...
Apr 23, 20223 min read
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HORSESHOECRABS - Amanda Boyanowski-Morin
Seventh grade I learned of Virginia Woolf. A kindred - For I have always carried beach stones in my pocket. Small and smooth, never...
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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Hair dye and Color Theory - Madeline Vickers
Libbie walked slowly into the house from her car. It wasn’t familiar to her. Her parents bought it two years ago. She thought it was her...
Apr 19, 202212 min read
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Metzgerhund - Siena Foster Soltis
She ordered the least potent thing she could find on the menu - the most neutral - the least information. That's all you want? That's...
Apr 17, 20224 min read
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My Savage Legacy- Ellie Murphy
A granddaughter’s memoir of almost prolific Gay novelist, Thomas Savage Yesterday morning, my cousin Lizard cracked a beer and turned on...
Apr 15, 202220 min read
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My Temple - Ty Franklin
You pass me a red cup full of soda and vodka Making sure that it never goes completely empty. The hum of the fluorescent lights beating...
Apr 13, 20222 min read
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A Nighttime Chorus - Caitlin O’Brien
You drive for days before making it into the state that is supposed to be your home. Even then, after crossing the border, there are...
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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An Hour as a Venus Flytrap - Stoness Verda
I lead them into the third room. Second from the back, not the best space but they only give that one to larger groups anyway. We...
Apr 7, 20226 min read
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