May 8, 2015 | Fiction
The Performers
Agri Ismaïl
She glances into a pocket mirror. She is WIFE now. She doesn’t need to go through her lines, she’s been doing this for years.
May 6, 2015 | Fiction
After We Lose Her
Reem Abu-Baker
Michele Lee woos my husband through the screen and also through the decades.
Strange Lands
Jennifer Quartararo
Abdullah greeted me outside of the Jaipur, India train station, asking if I needed a ride. He was quick to show me his official license, knew where my hotel was located and did not make false claims about it having burned down recently, a popular scheme according to my Lonely Planet guidebook.
Three Poems
Karen Skolfield
When we consume ourselves, of course / we think no one cares enough to watch.
Sunday Comics
Starting today, we've got a new feature: "Sunday Comics"!
Basically, we're going to start serializing some longform comics, with a new installment every Sunday. We're starting with three of
Those Bears (pt. 1)
Jarod Roselló
I'm just like everyone else... A person drinking coffee...
Non-Reader Spotlight: Bot or Not?
Jac Jemc
“Surely there are lonely people out there who would like to talk to me about the books they ignore.”
The Hit King
Michael Nye
Junior is not getting out of his car.
It’s January in Ohio, and he has just driven all night from Florida. This car—a 1991 Nissan 300ZX—is a beautiful ride, a rich deep cherry color, the colors
A Brush with the Bigs
Steve Smith
I was nineteen the summer of 1956 when the Baseball Fairy tapped me with her wand and almost sent me into orbit.
Baseball Players I Remember...
Tao Lin
Baseball Players I Remember (I Watched Baseball 1-4 Years as a Child. I Collected Cards. My Favorite Team Was The Braves)
Ron Gant. I remember he bent his knees
in a weird, intriguing way
I Was Potential
Jesse Donaldson
When I was fifteen, I started receiving letters from Division I baseball coaches about the possibility of joining them on such and such Elysian Field and helping the squad reach its goal, which
Three Milwaukee Brewers
Tyler Koshakow
I didn’t become a fan of baseball until I was in my early twenties. As a teenager, I thought sports were antithetical to the sort of arty, book-reading persona that I had been trying so hard to affect.
Implosion
Thomas Mira y Lopez
When the time came for its demolition, there was no implosion at Shea Stadium.
How to Pitch a Full Count
David Joseph
I trace the windup with my elbow, my arm like a wing
unfurling, red lace licking off my feathertips.
The First Rule is: Don't Speak
Samara Pearlstein
Nobody could be quite certain where it started, but Mr. Met was the first anyone noticed.
Game of the Day: Spring Training
Jesse Sawyer
March 7, 2015
Spring Training - Cactus League
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
vs.
Oakland Athletics
Hohokam Stadium
Mason, AZ
Los
The Eyes of the Storm
David Wanczyk
“I thought it was boring,” he told me, “partly because I'd just learned English. But learning the language and the terminology and how the game is played was the big change.”