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La Piñata

Marie Myung-Ok Lee -

That was the most busted-up car he'd ever seen. A wood-paneled station wagon like he hadn't seen since he was twelve and dared Pigeon Nelson (whose...

Q&A

Megan Cummins -

For a short time I dated a tow-truck driver and on weekends I would ride around with him as he impounded illegally parked cars. I...

Romance Language

Amir Adam -

She texted Manon at the top of each act. She texted her through the toréador’s aria. Un oeil noir te regarde, just checking in. When we...

Ache

Bowie Rowan -

On evenings she didn’t have to work, Ruth locked her bedroom door and masturbated to distract herself from the ache, rotating through the collection of vintage...

Failed Fetish

Niko Sonnberger -

My first time was with a fork. I know: such a cliche. I spent an hour nervously scanning the silverware with...

Dziadek

Monika Woods -

The old man’s face carried no hint of his thoughts. He stood impassively in his cramped living room, his small living room that was full...

The Modern Stone Age

Luke Geddes -

At first they walked the earth with nothing. Their hands clasped no tools, their bloodied knuckles dragged along the treacherous terrain. They dwelled in caves and...

Polyphyletic Double: Kidnapping, Murder, and Resistance in Post Trump America

Sarah Wang -

My mother learned to shoot a gun at the age of twelve. In a requisite class at school, she was taught how to clean and...

The Wolf’s Head

Christine Vines -

Quentin Carter grasps the metal bar on his lap with the nervous ferocity of a child wringing his covers in the dark. He was...

Frightland

Mary Breaden -

See, I had this vision in my head of a much cleaner life than this...