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August 21, 2026 | Fiction

Through Donkey Jaw

Dickie

This was only a few months after I lost my husband, and much of that time is a blur. I still felt as if there was something between me and the world. In some lights it was a window, in others a mirror.

August 21, 2026 | Fiction

Through Donkey Jaw

Dickie

This was only a few months after I lost my husband, and much of that time is a blur. I still felt as if there was something between me and the world. In some lights it was a window, in others a mirror.

August 20, 2026 | Fiction

FLGL8

Ursula Carroll

He looked like the kind of person who fed the pigeons in the park, and he charged $44.99 per hour to come to my home and hurt me. I scheduled him for the following Thursday.

August 20, 2026 | Fiction

FLGL8

Ursula Carroll

He looked like the kind of person who fed the pigeons in the park, and he charged $44.99 per hour to come to my home and hurt me. I scheduled him for the following Thursday.

August 19, 2026 | Fiction

Glue Pour

Grant Maierhofer

There wasn’t anything to say, or to do, but there was this terrible feeling as though one of these things was the thing desperately in need of pursuing.

August 19, 2026 | Fiction

Glue Pour

Grant Maierhofer

There wasn’t anything to say, or to do, but there was this terrible feeling as though one of these things was the thing desperately in need of pursuing.

August 6, 2026 | Fiction

Wordlessly into Oblivion

Nick van Osdol

He imagines regaling his girlfriend, who is sound asleep across the house, underfucked and on her way out soon, out of his life, that is, a fact unacknowledged by either but appreciated by both, with the news that he’s caught a cockroach.

 

August 6, 2026 | Fiction

The Hole in the Ice

Mikra Namani

A man without a story is of no interest to the living.

August 6, 2026 | Fiction

Wordlessly into Oblivion

Nick van Osdol

He imagines regaling his girlfriend, who is sound asleep across the house, underfucked and on her way out soon, out of his life, that is, a fact unacknowledged by either but appreciated by both, with the news that he’s caught a cockroach.

 

August 6, 2026 | Fiction

The Hole in the Ice

Mikra Namani

A man without a story is of no interest to the living.

July 31, 2026 | Fiction

Keffer

David Gladfelter

Riley took a little step forward and looked up. “Do you want to play Xbox with us?”

July 31, 2026 | Fiction

Keffer

David Gladfelter

Riley took a little step forward and looked up. “Do you want to play Xbox with us?”

July 29, 2026 | Fiction

RECREATE PATROCLES

James Jacob Hatfield

The nuclear fission that generated heat should not have been survivable after one hour.

July 29, 2026 | Fiction

RECREATE PATROCLES

James Jacob Hatfield

The nuclear fission that generated heat should not have been survivable after one hour.

July 28, 2026 | Fiction

Burns with Brimstone

Alex Rost

The room is small and empty and unfamiliar. A pool of vomit in the corner. Cigarette butts ground into yellow carpet. What seem to be streaks of blood coat the walls. It looks like it smells like shit, but all he can smell is the piss in his costume.

July 28, 2026 | Fiction

Burns with Brimstone

Alex Rost

The room is small and empty and unfamiliar. A pool of vomit in the corner. Cigarette butts ground into yellow carpet. What seem to be streaks of blood coat the walls. It looks like it smells like shit, but all he can smell is the piss in his costume.

July 27, 2026 | Fiction

Sexual Harassment

Danielle Chelosky

I was excited at the idea of killing a man, because I thought I really deserved it.

July 27, 2026 | Fiction

Sexual Harassment

Danielle Chelosky

I was excited at the idea of killing a man, because I thought I really deserved it.

July 20, 2026 | Nonfiction, Fiction

Pure Protein

Iryna Somkina

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

July 20, 2026 | Nonfiction, Fiction

Pure Protein

Iryna Somkina

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

July 17, 2026 | Fiction

Physical Confirmation

Lys Granier

My task is to record, photograph and label every item the unclaimed dead leave behind. Each file arrives in a brown envelope stamped Housing Bureau - Unclaimed. The instructions are clear: take nothing, feel nothing, sign all pages.

July 17, 2026 | Fiction

Physical Confirmation

Lys Granier

My task is to record, photograph and label every item the unclaimed dead leave behind. Each file arrives in a brown envelope stamped Housing Bureau - Unclaimed. The instructions are clear: take nothing, feel nothing, sign all pages.

July 15, 2026 | Fiction

Foster Fail

Laurence Klavan

Doodles had no memory of life before the circus.

July 15, 2026 | Fiction

Foster Fail

Laurence Klavan

Doodles had no memory of life before the circus.

July 14, 2026 | Fiction

Adult Contemporary

Rob Schwartz

It was over by the apples where I noticed her. She was reaching for a Braeburn, smelling it, and when she looked to her right, I saw her face. Pretty. Pale skin and dark eyes. So familiar.

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