ISSUE № 

11

a literary journal in multiple time zones

Nov. 2024

ISSUE № 

11

a literary journal in multiple time zones

Nov. 2024

Regions

Swimmers

He falls asleep on a beach in the city’s elbow and night blows newspapers over him. In...

Park Rats

On 420 a guy in a pink bathrobe and magenta boxers runs up and down the bleachers at Ridgeland holding a baseball bat over...

Beautiful Morning

Atticus’ future girl was the one in the white sailor hat, the tight, dark clothing, melancholy look about her tenuous jaw, the fragile pink...

This Is Only a Test

Though it was never his intention, drugs had made him a wealthy man. When he was younger, he wanted to...

The Nude

If I'm not paying attention, I'll sometimes cross paths with an old friend. After wishing me a Happy New Year, they always ask,...

The Sky Turned Black

And I wish it would again, but it has been twenty-one days so far and nothing has changed. People have been going about their...

Lie With Me

I woke with a start but lay still, waiting for my quickened breathing to slow, the hairs on my arms to settle. Crisp new...

Baby Teeth

When I emerged from the forest I was six years old, all tangled hair and scabby legs. Skinny. Everything had been so blurry, a...

A World of Flirts

The name of the lot was COOS AUTO BROKERS and the motto was Good Cars—Good People. Joyce used her weight to open the...

The Warhol Gang: an excerpt

Nickel takes everyone in the office on a corporate retreat for the day. We go to Gun World, an indoor shooting environment in the...