Mother waits for them to find me in the water. I had to turn away from […]
Chris Allison
Weird stuff floated in the water. My brother was due home any moment. He and I […]
Restoration Efforts Underway by Chase Burke
We thought we’d passed into the after. Like firefighters who can’t outrun the wildfire and instead […]
A Theory of Disaster by Nancy Reddy
I say, I have looked, I have looked places. I say, he is definitely not […]
On Being Asked by My Friend’s Minister if I’ve Found ...
Some storms are quiet, an engine starting up. Others smell of gasoline, rising through the rain, […]
From the Far Away, Nearby by Catherine Pond
No warning, no tightening in the trees to signal the onslaught of undulation, the hum […]
Magicicada by Carey Russell
This is our time, our turn to skip these blunted stones across the quiet cosmos. Or […]
Pantoum for the Greater Erasure by Brian Nicolet
Firestain—afternoon hard and ratty, a wirehanger with an end chewed off. This is a silence drill. […]
Sublimation/Deposition by John Nieves
It starts out simple, with blindfolds and sleights of hand. I’ll be the girl you practice […]
Bad Magic by Nancy Reddy
Perhaps when you came across me I was a fist finally coming open. A foal in […]
Sestina for a Batterer (March) by Edie Rhoads
We raked the hissing scoriae of bone the pyre left to make both friars gag. Her […]