Fiction
July Contributors
Nick Black, James Callan, Cristiano Cardone, Benjamin Drevlow, Chad Gayle, Colin Gee, Noah Giles, Casey Jo Graham Welmer, GRSTALT Comms, Doug Henderson, Ian Johnson, Patrick Johnston, Mike Lee, Priyanuj Mazumdar, Thomas M. McDade, Shaun Anthony McMichael, Odin Meadows, Tom Misuraca, Marshall Moore, Joe Nasta, Scott Ortolano, J.B. Polk, Alexei Raymond, Simon Read, Holly Redell-Witte, Karen Schauber, Marcus Silcock, Anthony Neil Smith, Michael Grant Smith, Chrissy Stegman, James Sullivan, and Michael Thériault
hollywood
by Mike Lee
“Three pulp paperbacks lined up on the wooden rack at the used bookstore I frequented in the East Village. One was by my father, a man my family hardly mentioned.”
area man
by Michael Grant Smith
“Dagger and Crowbar swore their baby sister Klamiddea (named after the Ancient Greek goddess of horniness) was the sweetest of all Raceways.”
the modest widow
by hiromi suzuki
“The dead put on their respective shoes and return to the heavens riding on the lift.”
three stories
by Joseph Linscott
“You settle into a hollow. In your brain, a vibration hums that matches the wiggling of worms under your body. A pale glow from the moon extinguishes your fire. Shivers shudder out and from your mouth a grey winged moth emerges.”
lord miserable
by Sean Ennis
“You think it would be easy to feel superior to a Satanist, but you would be wrong. I regularly sell my soul for discount codes, free shipping, and no-obligation, one-month trials.”
cartoon people
by Mileva Anastasiadou
“My shrink does her best but she’s tired. There’s some kind of subtle wisdom in cartoons, but it’s not what I think it is, she claims. She says I don’t miss him, I miss the game.”
blood loss
by Mary Salome
“I used a razor blade to cut my finger and let the blood trickle…”