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April 10, 2026 | Fiction

Recently Divorced and Ready to be Influenced

Mallory Smart

She was about three weeks into the East Hollywood apartment just a few blocks away south of Thai Town, which meant she was three weeks into a new life where the most consistent relationship she was

Recently Divorced and Ready to be Influenced photo
Incel photo

April 9, 2026 | Fiction

Incel

Tom Miller

Do you do sexting sessions at all? he commented under a photo. He scrolled on, rubbing his crotch, the malaise placated but still lurking on the horizon.

DING!

Aura Painting: 2 Poems photo

April 7, 2026 | Poetry

Aura Painting: 2 Poems

Spencer Hoffman

cadillac blue and sprite can green

Bottled boat terrarium photo

April 7, 2026 | Fiction

Bottled boat terrarium

Sivan Lavie

Key moments of our togetherness keep flashing before my eyes, lingering there.

April 6, 2026 | Book Review

Meaning-Making Machine Grid of Death: A review of Conor Hultman’s Doe

Christian McDonough

Like, what the fuck is this dude’s problem?

April 6, 2026 | Fiction

La Grotte de la Loue

Billy Lambent

You told me you understood when I tried to explain why my face was so pale, my eyes so sunken, my hands so shaky. I was sure I was crazy—you not only said I wasn’t crazy, but asked me point blank if I was a spy.

 

April 5, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

I’m fucking (over) my ex

Jack Hyslop

I got a tattoo on my ass at her behest.

Recent Books

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub

Who Killed Mabel Frost?

Miss Unity

I thought I was unhappy as a man. Turns out I was just unhappy…