A Very Long Party In Green, Li Anne Liew Lives in a clear plastic bin below my childhood bed, neighbors with decades-old stuffed teddies and virgin candles gifted to me for my Confirmation, because I could never bear to throw them…
Monochrome, Emma Lassiter Anyways, I’ve been thinking about going for a swim. I have been researching lakes and bodies of water. I am uncompromising and precise in my analysis of them from 3000 miles away. There is a way it ought…
How to Survive a Pandemic, Ashley Webster A guided house tour: spring break, March 13-21, 2020, Prospect Heights, IL. FRENCH WINDOWS In the mornings I sit in an armchair in front of them, staring out into a yard the size…
A Slow Decay, Ashley Webster My substitute mom massaged her threading hands As substitute dad typed religiously on his Blackberry She claimed I was finally ready for my soccer game and even asked me how I liked it I dragged myself…
Whispers, Emily Bryn Author’s note: In CMSCI 449: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, students were assigned to write a natural language processing program that would generate commencement speeches. The result was authentic English, and although some sentences did not portray logical thought,…
2, Julia Broeker my ex-best friend told me her boyfriend ate her pussy, but it’s okay;, she’s still a virgin. but oh i forgot, i guess that’s all sex is for you guys. you know that part in fried green…
Untamed, Natalie Meador My flesh, a fixture In your sanctuary Positioned strategically For optimal usage; Your pleasure at its expense. Dents and scratches repeatedly Concealed by pungent lacquers; The handyman covers his messes. The inflated ego turned your “Good as new,”…
Winter Afternoon, Evan McGrew Part Three (continued from The Shield Maidens of Hafrsfjord, Part Two) TW/SA, mentions of suicide Astrid has not stopped thinking about what Eira fears. Whenever Eira has a fear about something, she is usually correct. If one of…
The Complexity of Detail, Olivia Offutt Oh America, you bad bitch I picked the cotton that made you rich -Kendrick Lamar, “For Free? (Interlude)” i. new York was once new Amsterdam and new Amsterdam once had 11 men—then lifetimes later…
Livelihood, Liza Ashley I didn’t see anything at first but I felt every bump and crack of the dirt road, the sudden jolt and sharp turn of the wheel as we made our own road around the boy. mumbles and…
Fever Dream, Emily Bryn Edgar Edgarson wore a Victorian overcoat to school, and when I mentioned this to him, he did not hear me. We walked along the hallway together, his canvas boots out of place among converse and sandals and…
