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Thoughts on a Plane

“It was his finest, and most coveted, item.”

by Sophie Knight on November 19, 2017November 19, 2017

Shortfall

“he didn’t exist in this language
of troubles
of demise”

by Esti Matulewicz on November 19, 2017November 19, 2017

A Funeral the Day before Halloween

“There’s an imposter
In the coffin”

by Nicolette D’Angelo on November 19, 2017November 17, 2017

Missing From June

“I miss my brother’s 18th birthday. He spends it kneeling in pews and tossing crosses of stems and swallowing Christfuls of dirt. No one falls into the pit. Oh, adult. Fresh mint.”

by Somi Jun on November 12, 2017November 10, 2017

Close

“Matter warps that geometry.
So I try to piece her together like he would.”

by Tess Solomon on November 12, 2017November 10, 2017

The Character in Woody Allen Films Who is Clearly Just Woody Allen Played by Someone Else

“the Universe
is Expanding!”

by Christian Bischoff on October 15, 2017October 14, 2017

The Afterparty

“Bobby prays to God and
remembers to call the plumber”

by Christian Bischoff on October 15, 2017October 14, 2017

Edison by Train Window

“Bread lying open face on the lightly dented
plastic, white table, the one you 
always see at bake sales.”

by Zach Cohen on October 8, 2017November 13, 2017

Stages of Departure

“What do you do when you suspect
that you’ve unleashed the atom bomb of the Universe”

by Zach Cohen on October 1, 2017September 30, 2017

Lost Pieces

“Nails are too long,
can’t remember to cut them
they are colored with everything I hold
like the skin of orange peel—
a citrus flesh that never bleeds”

by Tianyi Wang on October 1, 2017October 1, 2017

first love

“cicadas he dares not search for
but whose song fills him,
whose notes he knows well.”

by Sinan Ozbay on September 24, 2017September 24, 2017

Teeth

He’s quiet, sleeping almost, naked and thin on the bed. I could leave and he wouldn’t notice, mouth open to the dark gun of his throat, teeth apart.

by Isabella Grabski on August 20, 2017August 20, 2017


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