Second Cousins by Ben Kline
I watched two drown in their preacher’s grip. Have you ever heard someone gasp back to life? Like gargling a scream. But Jesus crushed...
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WEEKLY POETRY
In One Universe by K.D. Harryman
Your mother is still alive, leaving red lipstick on cloth napkins and collar points. Your sister hasn't stolen a thing. Your father picks...
Bringing up the Nets by K.D. Harryman
Send your divers down to the green cold of childhood with their flippers and air tanks. Say Dredge it! and wait— What do nets hold? What...
WEEKLY FLASH
Hurricane Penelope by Timothy Boudreau
“It’s not coming anywhere near us; we’re too far north,” Penelope’s kids call to tell her. But driving through rain and wind, wine still...
Road to Hana by Annie Marhefka
In a rented Jeep Wrangler, they drove Hawaii Highway 360, their matching herringbone suitcases in the back, wedding gifts that had seen a...
In the Blink of an Eye by Tom Finnegan
I learn fraught as fear and ought, like there’s something I ought to do, but it makes me afraid. I blink-around the gaze board and...
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