Poetry from Daniel Lehan

Poetry from Daniel Lehan

The Common Census . . Daniel Lehan studied Fine Art at Winchester School of Art, England, and later studied Art Therapy at Goldsmiths College, London. He has lived in New York, Florence, Finland, and Quebec, and now lives in Dungeness, on the south coast of England. His work has been published in various print and […]

Fiction from Isaac Fox

Fiction from Isaac Fox

Photo: Camden & Hailey George The Near Future of Death The soft-spoken young woman at the corner table is Death. In her very long life, she’ll talk about herself exactly once, to exactly one person. That person is the bland young man working his way over to her corner, double-fisting cheap beers and making a […]

Fiction from Avalon Felice Lee

Fiction from Avalon Felice Lee

Photo: Maddy Baker The Chilla Before gloving up, Ellen strokes the fur shawl on the mannequin. It’s chinchilla, brown, so soft it feels abstract, like the idea of a thing rather than the thing itself. Bora peeks around Ellen’s thigh, fidgeting with her apron string. “Was the chilla killed, Mama?” she wonders, her voice littler […]

Fiction from Sarp Sozdinler

Fiction from Sarp Sozdinler

Photo: Aaron Burden Pebbles I’m five and I find a dead sparrow in our backyard. My father screams at the TV after a missed penalty kick, muffling the intensity of my cries. I’m six and misplacing the letters in a schoolbook. I’m seven and diving headfirst from the lid of the Brighton pier, saltwater crusting […]