Fiction from Christopher Santantasio
Afterlove 1. He was my gem, but I did not adore him for his glinting brilliance or any gilded inlay. I treasured him for the rare glow. The singular cut of his crystal. The irreplaceable weight on my life. 2. He had impressed an enduring stamp on my soul that faded only with his death; […]
Poetry from Gabrielle Campagnano
Reporting The corpse was longer than the grand piano …………they found that same year …………………..while dredging for nothing they pulled up: ……………………………..rusting steel enforcement bars, rats still alive though punctured through the brain …………and flailing from a grab spoke, engine …………………..blocks. The skeleton of a giraffe. Being without a face, it was difficult …………to determine […]
Nonfiction from Melissa Wiley
Playing Astronaut The largest space in the universe is the space inside your head. And inside an astronaut’s helmet the space is quieter, which is more of a reason to wear one than even the fact your head would explode in outer orbits if you didn’t. Only my Barbie astronaut never wore a helmet over […]
Fiction from Lori Sambol Brody
The Girl Who Waits for the Superhero The girl who waits for the superhero stands on a rooftop above the City, high above streetlights and cold blue glows from windows. She’s vertiginous with power. She tells herself she’s waiting on that roof at midnight because the superhero is a source for her article on corruption—an investigation that will expose […]
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