ISSUE № 

04

a literary journal in multiple time zones

Apr. 2024

ISSUE № 

04

a literary journal in multiple time zones

Apr. 2024

Yearly Archives: 2016

Adelphophagy

On her and her sister’s thirteenth birthday, Alison locked herself in the bathroom and gave herself bangs. An hour later, her twin, Amber, sat...

Parched

We went to a desert town once. Stepping out of the car, though, I felt underwater—breathless and panicked. I hadn’t known a place...

T-Mobile

Two days earlier I’d texted Saul about his birthday. It was the end of November. He was turning eighteen. “aww, u remembered,” he said. I didn’t...

I Can’t Hear You

“I want to leave you,” I say against the grinding of machinery and whoosh of air that accompanies the passing subway train. He doesn’t...

The End Is The Beginning

The small round kitchen table was the desert and their hands were still upon it. Marge looked at her daughter’s eyes, the blue eyes she’d...

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Catch and Release

1. Maisie’s on the verge of something spectacular. This, we know—and not because the nanosecond upticks of her gait, pulse, blinks, aerobic functions, shuddering fast-twitch muscles are all textbook, or...

Save the Cat

This summer, everyone is drinking Aperol spritzes, and Simon orders one now. I would love an Aperol spritz, he says to the waitress, emphasizing that word—love—in a manner he...