Fiction

Issue 13 Growing Older
A Brutal Sweetness

by Abby Nance.
“Last night my breath changed from quiet to labored heaving. We all wonder: will this be my last bath?”

In This Skin

by Emma Pattee.
“’The difference between a good butthole and a bad butthole is the wink.’  This is the best man talking.” 

Eruv

by David Milofsky.
“Dotty Adams remarked that she hadn’t known there were any Jews in the neighborhood. Some people wondered if the men in long black coats and broad-brimmed hats were Goths, like those boys at Columbine.”

Issue 15 Abilities and Disabilities
Plazoleta

by Eric Stener Carlson.
“The ants climbed up the front of Macedonio’s sweater, circling the buttons.  They arrived at Macedonio’s chest, interested in a yogurt stain. “