Word to the Wise
By Reza Jabrani Word to the wise: sober. That’s the word my …
2 Prose Poems
By Julián Martinez WD-40 The key was having a harder and harder …
DOORS
By Craig Rodgers The phone is already ringing. David wakes at the …
The Ever-Present Mr. Small
By Alicia Ameur Three-to-close is my least favorite shift. The streets are …
You Hate Me Correctly: A review of Cletus Crow’s Phallic Symbols
By Conor Hultman Cletus Crow has published a grand slam sophomore book …
The Dunes
By Jon Doughboy The Oregon Coast in the year 2000. The dunes …
FUTURES IN WHICH YOU’RE NOT WELCOME
By Sam Pink A huge dog charged me in the street snapping …
SNIP
By Anthony Neil Smith The doc called Logan and me back to …
Grief Therapy
By Carla Sarett Carla Sarett writes poetry, fiction and, occasionally, essays; and …
Two Poems
By Jeffrey Hermann You Couldn’t Pay Me They say to be good …
How to Forget
By MD Wheatley “Hullo, good afternoon potential future friends, you can call …
Three Poems
by Graeme Bezanson Graeme Bezanson is a writer living in southwestern France. …
My Heart Belongs in an Empty Big Mac Container Buried Beneath the Ocean Floor
By Homeless After Laura, the days were long and filled with even …
Swiss Pass
By Wallace Barker I. Day Before Independence Day Shuddered on the train …
Back in High School
By Wilson Koewing Back in high school it was me and Lonnie …
Dip Spit
By Chuckry Vengadam Everybody at the pregame is white. Which is good. …
2 Micros
By Cletus Crow Excaliburs I forge a sword that cuts through passive …
NDA
By Julián Martinez Good morning, I am reaching out today to make …
HI I REMEMBER YOU BUT YOU DON’T REMEMBER ME
By Alexandra Naughton originally published by Cosmonauts Avenue, November 2017 I tell …
This guy from my court-mandated alcohol classes was on NBC’s The Voice
By Matt Starr The other night, my in-laws texted my wife: There’s …
The House on Hickory
By Justin Carter The only time I ever went to Manny’s house, …
MULTIDIMENSIONAL LOVE IN A LOOK
By Alex Rost My wife – not the mother of my daughters …
HENRY MILLER SAVED MY LIFE
By Mather Schneider When I was 30 years old, my grandfather died …
Evidence I’m Mentally Ill
By Tyler Dempsey When I was in eighth grade I got so …
Two Poems
By Scott Neuffer Trip: NYC, 2023 I will say on the plane …
B L A C K A U R A
By Bill Whitten A Georg Jorgenson retrospective is at the Whitney. Georg …
TAMALES
by Elwood Weebs Three of us in a one bedroom – Alaska, …
Three Prose Poems
By Steve Gergley 1. Candied Pears My wife and I eat dinner …
THE GREAT COMPETITION
By Nathan Bogart Artie sat in his old beat up puke green …
Eyes in a Jar
By JD Clapp When Titus tired of seeing his life, he plucked …
Blinds
By Alexander Fredman The deer out there will still be eating when …
It Wouldn’t Hurt You
By Claire Hopple They are burying him in a red nose and …
America Bird
By Michael McSweeney Burning past Buffalo through the wildfire haze, I wanted …
Rose Rocks
By Mason Parker It ends with me on hands and knees looking …
Echoed Like A Fart in Church
By Devin Sams who knewthe telephonewould becomea camera,or Dolly Parton’s titswould perk …
Felicitations, Malefactors
By Julián Martinez I am endeavoring to ever-after end all loss by patching …
3 small thingz
By Zac Smith The Plane It was surprisingly easy to hijack the …
From Behind the Closed Doors of Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, October 27, 1962 (Cuban Missile Crisis)
By Abigail Myers The Air Force general in charge of the SAC …
Carrion
By Jace Einfeldt I pull off on the shoulder and aim and …
The owner of my favorite coffee shop died
By Matt Starr I didn't want to believe it when I saw …
The Dialectic of Rock Music
By Bill Whitten Rock songs have their origin in the wound. Rock …
The Playground
By Matt Rowan The guy was not a very sociable guy. He …
Watch and Learn
By Jillian Luft Every day, the knocks came. Katie, Bren and Sometimes …
THE SUICIDAL IDEATION THAT SPIKES WHILE CHANGING JOBS
By Jesse Hilson I was at a library and talking with a …
LOU AND OTIS
By Ed Komenda Lou opened the door with a heavy blanket over …
Leaky Boat
By Dylan Smith They put a perfect Cathedral in my phone an …
Wrong Currencies
By Sy Holmes I stood next to Julia, holding a portion of …
If we make it through December
By Sheldon Birnie Some of the neighbourhood dads are planning a trip …
Tiny
By David Williamson The day Rosie was sick and stayed home from …
I Want to Tell Secrets to the Rhythm in Your Bones
By Leigh Chadwick You put your leftover orgasms in a Tupperware container …
I Ate Around the Loss and Was Still Hungry
By Joshua Vigil Gordo pushes a damp kitchen towel into my hands. …
His Heart is Like an Open Turnpike
By Jon Doughboy Chris Christie gifts Zelensky handwritten lyrics to Bon Jovi’s …
Drinking At Home
By Phil Earle The morning after, I decide it’s over. Making breakfast …
The Blur of Things
By Sophia Popovska Sophia Popovska is a poet and translator currently living …
Two Poems
By Michael Gerard Spikes on Your Lapel Spikes on your lapelRocks popping Trucks …
Age of Wellness
By Sophia Popovska The crest of day urgent in the middle of …
Schrodinger’s Lil Chonker
By Coleman Bomar We took out the cat, a Main Coon with …
The Flood
By Denise S. Robbins “The Singularity will doom us all.” Samuel says …
Pothole Eyes
By Jon Berger Valentine’s Day Pothole emergence time Miles Teller drives down …
I Came to a Place of Rough Neglect and Left Myself There
By Scott Mitchel May Notes From The Scene We found a pear. …
Love Taps
By Michael McSweeney The game started at the intersection in South Montford, …
Gulls
By Bram Riddlebarger Mariner MarketCannon Beach, Oregon “Why don’t you guys wait …
Instructions from Store Manager of Orange Julius on the Day The Mall Closed Down
By Dan Leach If you sit around thinking about where all this …
My Life
By Yuu Ikeda B, C, D, B, C, D, B, C, D, …
The Water Bearer
Natalye Childress is a writer, an editor, and author of The Aftermath …
Oaxaca Studies
By Wallace Barker Levantate Campesino zocalo draped in coloredflags and flashingchristmas lights …
No Junk
By Leila Register There’s a lot of pressure on this thing to …
Two Poems
By Jack B. Bedell **** Swamp Thing Dives into Psalm 69 Quicksand …
My Fuckin’ Car, Man
By Sy Holmes My car was a beat-up 2000 BMW that I …
Five Poems
By Mike Andrelczyk *** The Logrollers The two of them are always …
Hyperfixated
By Jessica Dawn All the TikToks they sent in the group chat …
Swamp Thing Locates Himself on the Continuum Between Problem and Mystery
By Jack B. Bedell “A problem is something which I meet, which …
How to Tell If Your Neighbors Divorce
By Kate Oden Today my boyfriend pulls up in the red mustang …
The Justice League
By Dustin Strickler I am a mobility practitioner whose passion is to …
Harmless Fun
By Alan ten-Hoeve Matt’s fat, pimply ass slid out of his pants …
Interview with a Neighbor
Writer/musician Jason Sebastian Russo interviews writer/musician Bill Whitten about their time as …