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Fusion

By Diane Kraynak

The love story starts here. I am dreaming of Orlando Bloom when I’m awakened by an icy poke into my…

Cold Comfort

By Rachel O'Cleary

This is the third year that she has haunted me. She is pale and slightly shimmery, as if brushed with…

Fish Folk

By Breana Harris

The other moms at the beach are skinny and sharp, all oiled angles and monochromatic bikinis. Mira and I don’t…

Where Have All the Children Gone

By Avitus B. Carle

After the war, a corkboard appears in the center of the village. No one knows how it got there. Only…

Hung the Sun

By Avra Margariti

Sometimes I need it to be dark. That’s what I need. For it to be dark. I lean out my…

Diamonds for My Daughters

By Kathryne McCann

Sometimes you think about her hands. Sometimes, before the sun hits the sky, you sit at the kitchen table, crimping…

The Bottom of a Well is Also a Home

By Laur A. Freymiller

The creature who lives in the well makes noises at night. Small noises as if it doesn’t want to disturb…

My Brother, Named and Unnamed

By Steven Sherrill

My brother is the smallest man in the world. I’m not even kidding. Most of the time, he lives in…

Hair, Teeth

By Josiah Nelson

They came to town, one riding a lawnmower, the other carrying a leaf blower, their hair shorn tight and crisp…

The Pigeon-Pea Princess of Sanganakallu

By Rosaleen Lynch

The pigeon-pea, that lies under seventeen cardboard mattresses, grew in the stone age, amongst wild animals, and traveled across time…

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