Posts by Laura Theobald
Prison Killed My Libido
Sheryl Anderson as-told-to Christine Fadden
I don’t write “I have the libido of a sloth” in my online dating profile. I don’t use my real surname now either.
Bride School Girls
Amanda Churchill
The Class of 1953 Tachikawa Air Base Bride School girls were fertile, well-fed and rested.
Looking For Love At A Celibate Barbecue
Joe Leonard
“And then after I came out to my wife, she stumbled across People Can Change,” said the man from Fresno.
The Reward; When Things Repeat
Sean Thomas Dougherty
Don’t they let you? Don’t they ever let you lay down your head?
Ten Years Have Passed in Ninety Days
Madison L. Sargeant
The mushrooms I bought yesterday are moldy; the lines around my mouth have deepened. Tomorrow I am a mother for the first time.
Making Weight (pt. 7)
Denny Connolly
Previously on...
Part 6 || Part 5 || Part 4 || Part 3 || Part 2 || Part 1 || Prologue
They Ate the Children First
Madeline Cash
I Googled things that bond people. Google said trauma.
Just Killing Time
Kat Saunders
We’ve sat in pot smoke-filled basements, watching boys play video games, and I’ve sipped wine with my parents on special occasions, but neither of us have been to an actual party before.
Dinosaur III
Zachary Kocanda
Ken pounded out three novelty songs on his busted up acoustic guitar, looking like a knock-off Daniel Johnston.
the novel as a kind of organism: an interview with Tao Lin
Kristen Iskandrian
To try to allay his doubt, or figure out of it’s real, [Li] mentally consults his in-progress novel, as if it were a friend. He intuits, in an intuition described by the line you quoted, that his doubt is wrong, is habitual and self-sabotalogical.
A Fun Game for the Whole Family
Eric Dovigi
If a ghost is the impression you leave after you, then the divot you leave in your old bed is a ghost.
Playing Her Song
Andrew Stancek
Gratitude is not the response she expected. She smiled through thin lips, missing the hoped-for fight.
Slung Out and Wayward
David Nutt
Gunderson could hear the vehicle’s noisy carping from eight blocks away, like a herd of wild trashcans rolling down the street.
The Ball Dropped, Honey!
Darina Sikmashvili
Oh, absolutely a mistake to have given the wealthy Protein Bar Daddy my number.
Three Poems
Andy Tran
Playin’_The_Keys
i love to dance, sing, write, chill, read
and play the keys, but sometimes, life
doesn’t allow me to hang out
and do my thing, which means
i have to divide my time into many
For I Have Sinned
Sean Dolan
My son is fifteen when he asks the first question I am unable to answer.
Everyone Eventually Leaves LA
Heidi Seaborn
When the Santa Anas whipped into town, everyone became a little crazier. They invited the wildfires as if to burn the witches amongst us.