【Written by Gemma Feltovich】 I do not remember my great uncle’s name,but I know the family folklore,like something out of a García Márquez novel:He was …
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 …
On Being 20 and Being Friends
【Written by Emma Markowski】 We are both 20. Knees pulled to our chests atop tables in between a 4 lane road (that reminds me strangely …