August 5, 2015 | Poetry
It Was The Summer They Let The Opossum Into Your Bed
Natasha Kochicheril Moni
The summer you learned who was dealing what. You were applying to programs, your pointillism, neat in ink, when a wind disappeared your drawing.
August 4, 2015 | Fiction
The Mindreader
Claire Polders
I am a woman of discipline, which is to say: I don’t act at random. But I once slept with a mindreader on a whim.
August 2, 2015 |
Some Horns (Pt. 6)
Nick Francis Potter
Amanda, I thought... I, I don't understand. You said this was over.
Great Moments in Cinematic Drinking: Live and Let Die
Matt Sailor
All Roger Moore wants is a drink. He’s had a rough couple of days. He’s Bond—James Bond—but nobody seems to believe him. He’s not in the mood for a martini, doesn’t care to micromanage the
Four Fictions
Gary J. Shipley
I’m to blame for every fake suicide this week. If anyone knocks at the door I shout the addresses of shut-ins until I hear footsteps. If the knocking continues I take my gun and start shooting through the walls.
Smeary Flowers, 1983
Lauren Camp
All I wanted was the haze of a worn gown / of sleep after the scrape of that / honey-sipped night.
Terminator Genisys / Jurassic World
Sean Kilpatrick
Hopefully, I’ve ingested enough synthetic flavor to stop my heart real early. Or to maintain tinnitus for the length of a harassing phone call. If not, the only responsibility of the adult is to be their own Kevorkian.
Three Poems
Sarah Barber
All summer the future had been coming for us like a thunderstorm at which turkeys look up and drown in the rain.
Those Bears (pt. 5)
Jarod Roselló
He was like, "Everyone knows what racoons like to do."
What an asshole.
The Man with a Fish in His Heart
Michael Credico
I had runoff all over. I hadn’t escaped the heartland.
Montage of Heck / The Wolfpack / Amy
Sean Kilpatrick
Then the world boned its youth one worse. Even if you weren’t participating, they made not giving a fuck popular.
A Closer Look
Cathy Gilbert
I do not remember this, cannot call up the image.
Three Poems
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett
This has to stop— / you're a year dead. I shatter the mirror // with a glare, pace the hall carpet, / but others arrive by dawn, agitated // by thuribles, syllables scattered from / pulpits, daughters buttoned into pastel.
Flying Machine (Pt. 5)
Lydia Conklin
Lydia! What the heck is the hold up? How long does it take to throw a rope over a branch?
Game of the Day: April 29, 2015
Jesse Sawyer
We are launching a new project, HOBART HANDBOOKS, the first project of which is our Handbook on Baseball, collecting some of our favorite pieces from our last thirteen years of online baseball
All My Coworkers When I Worked At Zeppe's
Jordan Castro
In 2011, while addicted to heroin, I briefly delivered pizza for Zeppe's, a chain restaurant in rural Northeast Ohio.
A Bunt
Evan Lavender-Smith
We are launching a new project, HOBART HANDBOOKS, the first project of which is our Handbook on Baseball, collecting some of our favorite pieces from our last thirteen years of online baseball
Author Notes on "The Wolfman In Barry Bonds"
Tim Denevi
On the night during which the events of this essay took place—August 8th, 2003—the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-1. Barry Bonds hit a home run, yes, his 648th...
Introducing: HOBART HANDBOOKS!
We are launching a new project, HOBART HANDBOOKS, the first project of which is our Handbook on Baseball, collecting some of our favorite pieces from our last thirteen years of online baseball
Some Horns (Pt. 5)
Nick Francis Potter
Well, you see the horns there. They're a good size, I think. And so me, I ask about them, I say, You got horns?
My God This Piece of Shit World Sure is Pretty Sometimes: An Interview with Kevin Maloney
Pat Siebel
I began reading a PDF of Cult of Loretta, but stopped a few pages in. I’d already, by instinct, picked up the pen beside me several times. There were sentences to underline, pages to dog-ear. What
Three Poems
Molly McGuire
fuck me here on this scabrous mountain while we all watch each other among sacred olives fuck away desire.
Animate
Marin Sardy
The story goes that Mario is Luigi’s brother. Nearly all we know about him is that he is a brother.