STORY OF THE WEEK

Karass By Tyson Morgan

Karass

By Tyson Morgan
They began calling each other karassmates: karass being the term for kindred spirits from one of the books they’d read that summer for class.

POEM OF THE WEEK

My Two Wild Hands By Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie

My Two Wild Hands

By Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie
Even in almost-summer, its animal heat, no central air, a fan failing at the only job it can do, I sleep covered in a winter blanket.

ENTER TODAY

ENTER TODAY
We’re looking for short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, and excerpts from long fiction and nonfiction.

Please see the Guidelines.

CALLING ALL POETS

CALLING ALL POETS

“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry” wrote Emily Dickinson. We agree and are seeking poems to celebrate with prizes and publication.

Spring Issue

FICTION

FICTION

FICTION

Spring Issue

FICTION

Making Things Up By Kate Axelrod

Making Things Up

By Kate Axelrod
It was late January when I started to notice ingrown hairs along my bikini line. I showed Becky, who said decisively that they were not ingrown hairs.

FICTION

Donnaiolo By Richard Bausch

Donnaiolo

By Richard Bausch
“It comes to my attention that the children are staying with you. You do not want me as an enemy, Signore Hartsford.”

FICTION

Oklahoma By Scott Karambis

Oklahoma

By Scott Karambis
All our imagined fears—predators lurking in vans, drug dealers in town—are nothing compared to our fear of the rich.

FICTION

NONFICTION

NONFICTION

FICTION

Another Star By Kirstin Valdez Quade

Another Star

By Kirstin Valdez Quade
When Angel explained that Mike tried to strangle her, Marissa just shook her head. “He was joking. Mike jokes around.”

NONFICTION

Billionaires’ Boats By Hal Crowther

Billionaires’ Boats

By Hal Crowther
The way we react to mega-yachts and Mar-a-Lago polarizes Americans as much as the way we feel about race or assault rifles and the NRA.

NONFICTION

The Far Side of the Moment By Maria Hummel

The Far Side of the Moment

By Maria Hummel
Momentum in fiction arrives when the author shifts gears to deliver both the experience and the meaning of change.

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

POETRY

From BINT By Ghinwa Jawhari

From BINT

By Ghinwa Jawhari
actresses, their pealing laughs breaking laws in every language, opened windows in our dreams both-handed, waved us in, naked elbows on the sill.

POETRY

Innocence and Other Poems By Erin L. McCoy

Innocence and
Other Poems

By Erin L. McCoy
Pooled against midnight, she studied a guidebook to uninterrupted sleep. I left our city intact beneath the passport of my skin.

POETRY

Wings, 1999 By Yaccaira Salvatierra

Wings, 1999

By Yaccaira Salvatierra
We cracked the door open: there was air gushing in through an open window and they weren’t moths thumping around but fluttering phone cards.

POETRY

NARRATIVE OUTLOUD

POETRY

On the Isle of Fast-Flowing Waters By JinJin Xu

On the Isle of Fast-Flowing Waters

By JinJin Xu
LIKE ANY YOUNG POET the Misty Poet writes the Poem not for the hunger-striking students, but for the Lover he meets on the train.

NARRATIVE OUTLOUD

Ranch Album By Gail Steiger and Lew Steiger

Ranch Album

By Gail Steiger and Lew Steiger
Following four cowboys over the course of a year, this documentary offers an intimate portrait of a profession that’s changed little over the generations.

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2021-04 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2021-04

By Various Artists
New art and humor from Pat Byrnes, Bob Eckstein, Kate Isenberg, David Rowles, and Mick Stevens.

CARTOONS

Cartoon Art Volume 2021-03 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2021-03

By Various Artists
Great new toons by Juan Astasio, Mary Lawton, Drew Panckeri, Sam Patnoe, and Julia Suits.
Cartoon Art Volume 2021-02 By Various Artists

Cartoon Art Volume 2021-02

By Various Artists
New laughs from Glen Le Lievre, Jared Nangle, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Ali Solomon, and P. C. Vey.