Fiction from Benjamin Niespodziany
Photo: Luke Southern Guadalajara Funeral Parlor I am in an apartment in Guadalajara across from a 24 hour funeral parlor that never stops partying. In this dream, children grip pistols that shoot black flags. Pristine limousines breathe tattered tassels. The bereaved own the district. They stuff trumpets in each hearse and blurt dirges through the […]
Poetry from Judith Roney
Photo: Alexander Andrews Confirmation Number The Verizon associate …………who had a thick accent took my credit card number, …………the expiration date and the three numbers …………on the back of the card that seem to carry so much weight …………you can’t buy food without them. The monthly bill for two phones …………and an Apple watch was […]
Nonfiction from Jennifer Fliss
Photo: Kris Mikael Krister My Body Is an Aquarium Up to 60% of a woman’s body is made of water. There was a time I was so sick I ate nothing. My illness lasted for three months and doctors could not figure out what was causing me such pain. I worked at an aquarium […]
Fiction from Cathy Mellett
Photo: Honey Caranzo The Green Bridge My mother Marnie was visiting us again. She said she left her husband for good this time. It was always for good, and she always went back to him. But for now, she was living with my grandmother and me. The first day Marnie was home, she phoned a […]
Fiction from Cheryl Pappas
Photo: Florian Klauer Hunger Roger has 22 apples. He gives 5 to his baby sister, Rory. Rory says No Fair and hits him with a stick. How many apples does Roger have now? The new movie theater in town, with plush velvet seats, charges $28 a ticket. Dave and Michelle have $14.38 in their account, […]
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