The West

Miracle

Ruth Galm -

She has been watching Will play baseball in the park across the street, watching him bend his entire torso, the long, thin ankle of...

Runaway: an excerpt

Christopher Russell -

An Incomplete Kingdom of Monsters Phylum: Monsters That Cannot Be Seen Class: Invisible Monsters Order: Fully and Constantly Invisible Fully and constantly invisible monsters are the...

My Revolutionary

Jennifer Krasinski -

I was once in love with a revolutionary who, for the life of him, could not tell a joke. He would omit important details...

The Mariposa

Maggie Shipstead -

Luis shared an apartment with his brother Hector and three other men, all of whom happened to be named Juan. Everywhere he turned there...

Istanbul

Holly Myers -

One begins with the materials at hand. One begins with the materials that are left behind. One begins—here. And here. And here. A suitcase...

Staggered Maturities

Katherine Karlin -

If you have ever had an obsession you know how it will expand like foam to fill the contours of your day. And...

Hot Bitches

Trinie Dalton -

Twinkles popped the trunk with her paw, and poochies piled out like spring-loaded snakes from a gag peanut can. The five bitches in heat...

Feather Duster Down

Stan Apps -

There was a fountain in the middle of the traffic-circle, and what seemed to be wealth was rushing out of the top of it...

The Itinerant Potraitist

Theodore McDermott -

In Indiana, the itinerant portraitist wears a sweater and smokes a cigarillo. Richard Hawkmeat is his name. From fourteen up until the age of...

There Was No One There

Vanessa Place -

There was no one there when they first walked in. First thing in the morning, but it'd been hot already, thick hot, that heat...