We’d lashed it down with chains. The links were like thick arms coiled together, pinning the beast down. Despite the… Read more The Last Dragon by Ben O’Hara
Durable Goods by Robert Tyler
The old man in greasy coveralls stood on the back porch of his cinderblock ranch and surveyed the sprawling junkyard… Read more Durable Goods by Robert Tyler
…And With You by Zeke Jarvis
…And With You To be clear, the Treens weren’t my first alien race. The Thaldossians were impressive in their… Read more …And With You by Zeke Jarvis
5 Poems from Margarita Serafimova
An island Tuesday. In the singular green eyes of a cat, being is mirrored, unseen. * The possible… Read more 5 Poems from Margarita Serafimova
3 Poems by George Ryan
WORLD CHAMPIONS TO BE by George Ryan I never think about a biker’s sensitivity. I don’t expect any to take… Read more 3 Poems by George Ryan
North Country by Lyman Graves
North Country by Lyman Graves Glen Cartwright looks the wilderness in the eye and realizes he has no business here. Despite… Read more North Country by Lyman Graves
The Yellow Manuscript by Jenny Maloney
THE YELLOW MANUSCRIPT by Jenny Maloney Sylvie Andrews found the dead man’s hidden manuscript in the false bottom of a… Read more The Yellow Manuscript by Jenny Maloney
Among the Meep by Robert Pope
Among the Meep by Robert Pope I did not know Margaret before we arrived against our wills, totally in the… Read more Among the Meep by Robert Pope
Garden of God by Jake Shore
Garden of God i When I was short my grandfather told me that the world sits like a… Read more Garden of God by Jake Shore
Don’t Go There by Tracy Cross
Don’t Go There by Tracy A. Cross At bedtime, the little girl I babysat grabbed my shirt and whispered, “Don’t… Read more Don’t Go There by Tracy Cross
Parabiosis by John David Hanna
Parabiosis Brian had just finished a round of golf at the country club where he picked up a lead on… Read more Parabiosis by John David Hanna
Two Poems from Cybele Garcia Kohel
Visitation by Cybele Garcia Kohel La Virgen materialized to me- Me! on a car bumper a medallion of divinity… Read more Two Poems from Cybele Garcia Kohel
Two Poems from Robert Beveridge
BLACK NOISE by Robert Beveridge “The things of this world are fluid, they/take our shape” –Keith Waldrop, “Legion’s Grammar” … Read more Two Poems from Robert Beveridge
The Openings
The Openings By Ed Ahern It began thirty years ago when I was ten. My father came upstairs to… Read more The Openings
Hello, Darlings
Riana and I had been talking about starting a journal together for months. We had meetings about it. We did… Read more Hello, Darlings