The water sloshed against the concrete barrier. How long would we have to stand there before erosion would let us slide right in?

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by Ally Ang More Americans Believe They’ve Seen a Ghost Than a Trans Person “Nothing is more frightening than looking / and loving what...

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A process of cleaning out By Loisa Fenichell Winter, then, kept the body cold. I was saved by a woman blowing some whistle & corn pipe....

By Ashia Ajani I didn’t intentionally spurn the forest rather it became another question of Southern belonging I didn’t have the patience...

By Sarah Perret-Goluboff Jerry’s leaning against the doorframe. He has one arm crossed against his waist, the other propped up holding...

By Chloé Allyn I wonder Frances, will you love me? This day has a bad feeling, less bad than the last few days, Frances because today I...

By Mandira Pattnaik “A sharp and precise incision—you’d think he was a surgeon! Gouged out the animal liver, put it directly into his...

By Jonathan Baker The first time Poky Jernigan told me about his levitating grandma, I thought he was full of shit. He mentioned it so...

By David Desjardins When he got his first look at it, Frank wanted to turn right around and let the tax agents keep the dump. The lawyer...

By Chris Sheehan The house was a sprawling ranch cut into mustard grass and adobe. Oak scrub and manzanita kept a vague property line,...

By Stephen Kyo Kaczmarek The zombies rattle the high school’s doors or as close to it as something deceasedly lackadaisical can. Mostly,...