"The Anxious Girlfriend's Unruly Skeletons" by Julieanne Larick
The Anxious Girlfriend's Unruly Skeletons Call until the landline fries, pinch the wire, shaking of heartburn, think about your limbs...
"[Swirling]" by Jeffrey Letterly
[Swirling] SWIRLING, swooping, diving, fluttering, crazed magpies around the chimney, like vampire bats, each one sharp and black,...
"The Day Before Yesterday" & "The Anxiety Index" by Howie Good
The Day Before Yesterday Meanwhile, Franz Kafka sells another piece of his dead mother’s jewelry to pay for his brothel visits. Pablo...
"spring meditation" by Nathan Lee
Yes, I am trying, I am trying to be good. I can find my way around my life now with my eyes pressed shut. I can soften into the comfort...
"Mom and Dad" by Ashley Kim
Angel’s Landing Rust ledges, layered thick slabs of pork belly. The ravine welcomes the high school suicidal thoughts the hotline warns...
"Mrs. Hira's Daycare" by Dedeepya Guthikonda
You can find Mrs. Hira’s daycare in the apartment complex on 50th and Lake Street, the one you were told to steer away from as a child....
"To Be Clear..." by Salonee Verma
To Be Clear: A Femme Fatale (Gender-Neutral!) Guides You Through A Noir Film in Bollywood (First Of Its Kind! Tickets Open Now!) I should...
"Be Sweet" by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
after Japanese Breakfast Turn around and look into the camera, then look at me. I want to believe in you. In cinema we can preserve our...
"And the leaves are green." by DS Maolalai
daylight sinks gradual like a truck on dead tires. a time for collapse and shadows, creeping the way water grows ice out on cold...
"The Orange has Body Image Issues" by Sal Kang
after J Jennifer Espinoza Sometimes, when you pull me close & tell me you could be the one, I antagonize the word love. I measuretape my...
"biding time until the spring arrives" by Grace JoyLynn Anderson
lightning strikes in the barest of places. twelve pm on a warm april thursday. clarity, the bag in my mother’s room. clarity, those words...
"IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WE EAT CAKE" by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
& the ocean no longer speaks of despair. We sit unafraid with our toes in water, gather every crumb with bare hands. Fourth of July: the...
"water prayers" by Josephine Wu
the shadow of the tree drips black fruit on forest floor. fruit, sounding like water country in chinese, blooms from the mouth of my...
"sonnet for birds of paradise'' by Sal Kang
after paige lewis i like the way your teeth clack. is that weird? i like your conspicuous color. i like how your back bends. i prefer...
"Frankie Valli’s in love with you" by Sunny Vuong
first printed in Half Mystic Journal —and I mold this form into a ventriloquist. What is a serenade except a game of clues ruled by...
"Henry Wilson and the Center of the Sun" by E.J. Nash
Yellow: I can taste it on my tongue, in the way it sits at the back of my throat. I can hear it in the way it rings in my ears. I can...