VOLUME IV
Synesthesia and You
Synchronized Formation, Deirdre Murphy I hang from the last brick of August, and cold is tolling. I don’t hear you, but I remember your summer breath, and you still feel…
-
-
VOLUME IVDinner at the Qureshis
Fruit Basket Part II, Jordan Sommer Last week, when Deb asked me to go to dinner with the Qureshis—the Qureshis are students at the University where Deb teaches—when Deb…
-
VOLUME IVStill Life with a Jar of Honey, Left Open on the Kitchen Table
Tiny Bust, Jordan Sommer last night the clock struck three, a lonely bird chirped, and I walked into the kitchen on padded feet. slid onto the floor with the…
-
VOLUME IVThere Are No Bells Here
Captive, Cynthia Lee I almost have the delusion you are with me, crossing tuba soaked streets that leak gator juice into my boots. We pass by lobsters on leashes…
-
VOLUME IVChicken Marsala with Hawaiian Black Lava Sea Salt Roasted Potatoes
Tortilla Lady, Tamara Dobry Preview: This recipe will taste interesting. Woodsy and starchy and so heavy it will make you feel bloated. More notably, its title will impress your guests. Difficulty: Was…
-
VOLUME IVWhere I Live Now
Lost Time, Erin Lee coffeecup piss snow Destination Park Street the flashing Tedeschi’s sign two corners wide neon sidewalk puddles that are here until fucking April, at the earliest…
-
VOLUME IVAnnunciation
I’m Tired of Talking About Myself, Jennifer Hart [Trigger Warning: Mentions of child death and abortion] A week after my mother’s funeral, I decided to stay in Wyoming. It seemed…
-
VOLUME IVOwed to the State
Untitled, Shiya Wu O Memorandum, thou anonymous gift, Thy narrow saffron figure reflects into glass, Camouflaged in radiant, fiery tones, as Apollo’s chariot hurtles toward its terminus;…
-
VOLUME IVThe Smut Spectrum
Untitled #2, Karl Rivera Aiden’s porn addiction began, unsurprisingly, with porn. For the first 15 years of his life—or really just the past three, in this context—he’d had to…
-
-
VOLUME IVOso Mudslide
Small House Near Somewhere, Emily Hill Is this what the world looks like to you after half a bottle, Ed? Mountains raging down like drunken fathers? You’re…
-
VOLUME IVGirls With Teeth
Persephone, Ester Tang Trigger Warning: Depictions of a sexual nature, underage substance use, and animal death] Mom gave me a lift to Thalia’s house, because she needed the car for…
-
-
VOLUME IVElectrodes
A New World of Light, Jake Fisher Maple brush sifting thick curls awakens spiteful currents— traveling to your fingertips— bridging a circuit with the brass door knob— giving your…
-
VOLUME IVYour Accent is Almost Gone
Media Naranja, Julianna Drew they say my accent is almost gone, but maybe i never had an accent to begin with. is it the way the Rs roll off…
-
VOLUME IVNo Children (An Ode to Public Transportation)
Interlocked, Roma Parikh There’s a prince of these streets who knows where he is and it isn’t here His blue Mohawk crown and pale, skinny chest —bare beneath…
-
VOLUME IVAll Lives Matter
Black Magic, Francine Thompson [Trigger Warning: Depictions of police brutality] My youngest sister is a 10-year-old girl… Not just a 10-year-old girl, But a 10 year old black girl. Not just a…
-
VOLUME IVPersephone
Karla with Candle, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Samantha Metzner [Trigger Warning: Graphic sexual content including r*pe and incest] We shall assume I’m the villain of this story. I usually am. I was,…
-
VOLUME IVSestina of the Missile JFK
Old Man Feeding Birds, Daniel Mrotek You skitter mad, Jack, misguided ballistic with a lazy left eye and your high-pitched whine of a fuselage dripping coolant immediately crystalline…
-
VOLUME IVI’ve Read that it’s an Organ in the Walls of a Sternum Church and then I Met You
Untitled (athlete), Katie Burleson I’ve talked to the freckle pressed into the pinky and sometimes the dimple on her ankle sings to me. I’ve watched as her lion hair…
-
-
