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March 20, 2026 | Fiction

Dirty Martini

Kelsey Flaherty

Here I am on a Saturday night, preparing for another dreadful evening with a man my father handpicked

March 20, 2026 | Fiction

Dirty Martini

Kelsey Flaherty

Here I am on a Saturday night, preparing for another dreadful evening with a man my father handpicked

March 18, 2026 | Fiction

Cheryl Perkins’ Black Bob

Jack Skelley

It goes unsaid that this game is really about kissing and groping.

March 18, 2026 | Fiction

Cheryl Perkins’ Black Bob

Jack Skelley

It goes unsaid that this game is really about kissing and groping.

March 16, 2026 | Fiction

The Slamming Screen Door

Whittney Teague

I was beginning to understand that when Nana said family protects family at any cost, she meant any cost.

March 16, 2026 | Fiction

The Slamming Screen Door

Whittney Teague

I was beginning to understand that when Nana said family protects family at any cost, she meant any cost.

March 6, 2026 | Fiction

Fur Coat

Danielle Chelosky

I smoke on the drive to the corporate bookstore, where I slip Eve Babitz’s Sex and Rage into my fur coat.

March 6, 2026 | Fiction

Fur Coat

Danielle Chelosky

I smoke on the drive to the corporate bookstore, where I slip Eve Babitz’s Sex and Rage into my fur coat.

March 3, 2026 | Fiction

The Little Sandbagger

Josh Lovins

The position in which you are structurally dependent on surrendering the entirety of your scheme, and all the various information edges embodied in it, each time you want to add someone to your team is a bad position to be in.

March 3, 2026 | Fiction

The Little Sandbagger

Josh Lovins

The position in which you are structurally dependent on surrendering the entirety of your scheme, and all the various information edges embodied in it, each time you want to add someone to your team is a bad position to be in.

February 26, 2026 | Fiction

Bubblegum

Nico Here

He liked to change it up enough so that I couldn’t have his pastry ready with his coffee and then he’d have more time to try and converse with me, an extra joke or two. 

February 26, 2026 | Fiction

Bubblegum

Nico Here

He liked to change it up enough so that I couldn’t have his pastry ready with his coffee and then he’d have more time to try and converse with me, an extra joke or two. 

February 23, 2026 | Fiction

In the Wake

Aarti Adv

If I tell you what’s in the bag, will you let me continue to play dumb?

February 23, 2026 | Fiction

In the Wake

Aarti Adv

If I tell you what’s in the bag, will you let me continue to play dumb?

February 18, 2026 | Fiction

72 Hours

Mikayla Bryant

He ordered me a martini with extra olives, just the way I like it.

February 18, 2026 | Fiction

72 Hours

Mikayla Bryant

He ordered me a martini with extra olives, just the way I like it.

February 11, 2026 | Fiction

Fugazi

Britt Astrid Alphson

She feels her and this bartender, this boy, are doing sex theater. Romance theater. Everything theater.

February 11, 2026 | Fiction

Fugazi

Britt Astrid Alphson

She feels her and this bartender, this boy, are doing sex theater. Romance theater. Everything theater.

January 30, 2026 | Fiction

Flip

Tim Hardy

She sang along to the songs, swaying on the spot, and seemed to know all the lyrics. She smiled at him and grabbed him when their big hit came on, singing “There she goes” at his face, until, grudgingly, he sang along too. Then she kissed him

January 30, 2026 | Fiction

Flip

Tim Hardy

She sang along to the songs, swaying on the spot, and seemed to know all the lyrics. She smiled at him and grabbed him when their big hit came on, singing “There she goes” at his face, until, grudgingly, he sang along too. Then she kissed him

January 29, 2026 | Fiction

Hard Drive

Oliver Land

I kept swinging, and he started headbanging to the music.

January 29, 2026 | Fiction

Hard Drive

Oliver Land

I kept swinging, and he started headbanging to the music.

January 28, 2026 | Fiction

Goodnight

Ginger Jones

Someone kissed the love of their life at the party.

January 28, 2026 | Fiction

Goodnight

Ginger Jones

Someone kissed the love of their life at the party.

January 26, 2026 | Fiction

Skeleton Keys in the Rain

David Luntz

Those long walks and unresolved questions gave him an appetite. For skin and flesh. The allure of degeneration presented itself again. This time as a salve for pain.

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…