fiction by Javier Kafie
Upon the Face of Earth
Upon the Face of Earth
Gustavo had always been an enigmatic and unpredictable character, a constant headache for his wealthy parents. Doña Isabel, his mother, never managed to get over the trauma caused by one particular call he made years ago.
essay by Christopher W. Clark
A Hair Short
I am not a very masculine man. My physique resembles Olive Oyl more than Popeye, and my soft-spoken voice is often mistaken for a young girl’s on the phone. I cry during certain movies, and I regularly write love poetry as though I were an 18 th century Keatsian consumptive...
fiction by Elton Shanaj
11:11
Earlier that night, the first night they spent together having met often over meals, Sophia spoke of a new dream she’d had: “We walked along beautiful trees, as he led me through tall pines and flowers stemming from knotted roots.
poetry by Tracy Haught
Because Today isn’t Good Enough
Oklahoma
Living Casualties
A Midwestern Meadow in Early Autumn
poetry by Debbie Smith
Another Monday?
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
MIMI CHANG
Title: Sleepyhead
Title: Styx
DARAH WRAINE
Title: Husk
visual series by Francis Raven
Monuments on Our Own Time
“There is nothing in this world as invisible as monuments”
-Robert Musil
poetry by Jezy Gray
BEER
poetry by Homère Selavy
The Scales of Your Skin
fiction by Sunnie Smith
Improvisation
“It’s all because of that goddamn bank teller,” Sheldon muttered to himself as he stumbled across the Galveston beach. “If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be in this goddamn situation.” He tripped over a wine bottle and wondered if he had left if there earlier in the evening.
fiction by Travis J. Gates
Penis Envy: A Tale of the New Hell
Henrietta wipes the congealed blood spattered across her stubbly chin and raises the Mac-10, pulling the trigger and obliterating the toddler’s face. The kid, decked out in Thomas the Tank Engine footy pajamas, staggers once then falls over near my feet.
poetry by Chris Piercy
Blood Less Oblique
Frozen/Not Frozen
Om
Trash Whale
poetry by L Ellebeth Decker
Bad Love
Parade
Recurring Dream
Meditations of a Woman at Her Piano
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