Settled Affairs

【Written by Juan Garcia】 “I don’t see the point of envying whores,” she said, almost as if the words had poured out of her mouth …

Geraldine

【Written by Sadie Zeiner-Morrish】 Geraldine was a round old woman who was always moving, clacking her knitting needles, snapping her gum against her teeth, shuffling …

Burro Baby

【Written by Birdie Stark】 The Burro Baby did not come from anywhere, really—she lived too quickly for any mama and papa sort of nonsense. First, …

Lady Delphi

【Written by Jill Schuck】 Ice baths are my favorite.  The way the cool slime water rubs against my skin makes me feel like I’m skinny-dipping …

Ikumi 

【Written by Paz Ortiz】 Characters  Ikumi: An indigenous woman from the Andes, victim from the forced sterilizations in Perú perpetuated by the Fujimori dictatorship (1992-2000).  …

Poster Child

【Written by Dani Villaseñor & Megan Bodmer】 FADE IN:  INT. THERAPIST OFFICE – MORNING  The THERAPIST’s long red nails tap against a legal pad. Short gray nails …

He Used To 

【Written by Sadie Zeiner-Morrish】 Little chicken legsAnd a beer belly he used to drum a beat againstTo make us laugh,Like he was the jazz and …

Human Fallacy 

【Written by Gemma Feltovich】 My friend tells me,God is not something you believe in,it’s something you feel in flashes.Like a thunderstorm. Like the sublime. Or …