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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 | Fiction, Nonfiction

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 | Fiction, Nonfiction

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.

Where

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.

Where

July 8, 2026 | Fiction

The Guy Who Was Just Like Me

Gideon Leek

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

July 8, 2026 | Fiction

The Guy Who Was Just Like Me

Gideon Leek

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

July 4, 2026 | Fiction

Independence Day

Jon Doughboy

A ground spinner in the shape of Saturn which promises its rings are sexier than all the emperor’s concubines combined, than all of your wishes fulfilled. Poppers and fountains. I think my boss’s daughter groomed me. Rich kid calling in the help to get on his knees and pleasure his betters.

July 4, 2026 | Fiction

Independence Day

Jon Doughboy

A ground spinner in the shape of Saturn which promises its rings are sexier than all the emperor’s concubines combined, than all of your wishes fulfilled. Poppers and fountains. I think my boss’s daughter groomed me. Rich kid calling in the help to get on his knees and pleasure his betters.

July 3, 2026 | Fiction

The Hunter

D.R. Garrett 

I asked him to bring me some nachos from the mini mart he worked at. We had rebound sex on my futon.

July 3, 2026 | Fiction

The Hunter

D.R. Garrett 

I asked him to bring me some nachos from the mini mart he worked at. We had rebound sex on my futon.

July 2, 2026 | Fiction

Stuck

Patrick Trotti

The night of the party got off to a bad start when Shawna forgot she already took her anxiety meds and popped a second pill to calm down.

July 2, 2026 | Fiction

Stuck

Patrick Trotti

The night of the party got off to a bad start when Shawna forgot she already took her anxiety meds and popped a second pill to calm down.

June 29, 2026 | Fiction

Party in the Hills

Kobi Ansong

A giant home, all cubes, angles, and no soul. Whose party? Whose house? There was a man who resembled Jesus on cocaine floating around in a scarlet bathrobe. His name was Maximus and he said he does IP acquisitions. Why’s everything in this town so damn vague?

June 29, 2026 | Fiction

Party in the Hills

Kobi Ansong

A giant home, all cubes, angles, and no soul. Whose party? Whose house? There was a man who resembled Jesus on cocaine floating around in a scarlet bathrobe. His name was Maximus and he said he does IP acquisitions. Why’s everything in this town so damn vague?

June 19, 2026 | Fiction

Hydroponics

Arthur Aronstein

James served ten years in prison. His crucial impasse occurred a week after his life in the clink—under a neon sign that read Green Goddess.

June 19, 2026 | Fiction

Hydroponics

Arthur Aronstein

James served ten years in prison. His crucial impasse occurred a week after his life in the clink—under a neon sign that read Green Goddess.

June 17, 2026 | Fiction

Uphill Driving

Garth Miró

“They don’t mind you sleeping with their wives?” I asked

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

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