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Still Life

Becky Shirley -

On Monday, while Tess waits in the campus health center, Russell calls her for the first time since the start of Fall semester. He...

And It Was Running Thin

Claire Phillips -

Excerpted from A Room with a Darker View: Chronicles of My Mother and Schizophrenia The rift between my mother and I intensified as the accusations...

Harmony

Ikechukwu Ogbu -

I was thirteen when we moved to the brown house on Rest House Road—my ten-year-old brother Ugo, Mama and I. Papa had not come...

Excerpt from The Hive

Melissa Scholes Young -

The following is an excerpt from The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young, available now from Keylight Books. The Hive is a story of survival, sisters,...

Mine

Shannon Ratliff -

June 2016 When your lover leaves you and you slide down the tilted tiled shower wall, know that you weren’t the first to do so....

Con Safos Rifa

Lou Mathews -

"Con Safos Rifa" by Lou Mathews is an excerpt from the novel Shaky Town (2021, Tiger Van Books). All graffiti inked by the writer. There...

A Late Arrival

Travis Eisenbise -

The circus was coming to Chattanooga, just an hour’s drive away, and Bonnie decided to go. She saw the ad on Facebook while her...

The Pull of Fear

Marjorie Wolfe -

The August before Olive was born, rough waves I used to jump into when I wasn’t pregnant taunted me. You can not come in....

Polyptych for Vic

Nathan Dragon -

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A Friend

Rasheeda Saka -

"A Friend" by Rasheeda Saka was selected by Joyland as a finalist in the 2021 Open Border Fiction Prize. I am not so old nor...