Whatever This Is, It’s Something
“I’M UNHAPPY,” my father told my mother. “I’m unhappy and I need to find myself.” My mother is still in […]
Fiction
Online Exclusive Fiction: Johnny
“DID IT HURT?” The coffee shop is quiet. Muscles across her belly wound tight. “Not much.” Her fingers twitch, resisting […]
Small Shiny Fish by Douglas W. Miliken
YEAH, NO. Boys are stupid. And here’s the proof. Because maybe three Tuesdays ago, right, I was floating an inner […]
Profiles in Courage: Brooklyn Edition
Melanie Macintosh, 28 Part-time life coach and full-time vegan activist, Melanie, recently finished, after two months of steadfast reading, Thomas […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: A Routine Inspection
TRAFFIC OOZED over the bridge. Like milkshake through a thin straw, the stream of cars was drawn slowly but inexorably […]
Online Exclusive Fiction: Dogs
BEEN SCROLLING the internet, looking at men and dogs and so far, the dogs have it. My ex-husband found me […]
Jo Meets Jess
IT ISN’T UNTIL RALUCA announces her intention to change her name that her mother feels completely justified in her long-simmering […]
The Mixed Marriage Dragnet
Okay, two years ago I got married. And it was a very good wedding, a nice short service and a […]
An Immodest Automatic Message from an Immortal Monkey
SOME IMAGINATIVE WIT once observed that a monkey tapping randomly on a keyboard for eternity would produce all great works […]
Fiction: Giving Up Ghosts
If you have never pined over an ex, this article is not for you. If you have never felt the […]
Fiction: A Cheaper Cut
WELCOME TO THE CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL DICTATION SYSTEM BEEP ENTER YOUR AUTHOR ID NUMBER 7-8-9-2-3 BEEP YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR DICTATION […]
Fiction: Blast-Off
WHEN asked, Gord would say he was from Haywood, on the upper plains, north of where the river forks. Truth […]