Issue Fall '24

Flash Fiction

punk

by Klau Stepien

Punk is what you pull out of your sleeve and wave in the air until the scent of it floats around and hits your nostrils at one… two… sniff! It makes ...read the full piece

"Snow Dreams. Young Woman." by Irina Novikova

Flash Fiction

My Father at the Border between Hades and La Merica

by Edvige Giunta

I met my father, diagnosed with a malattia innominata , at the border between Hades and La Merica. On his back he carried a burlap sack of half-told ...read the full piece

"Echoes of Renewal in Rust" by April Lannigan

Short Story

How to Be a Man

by Delight Ejiaka

The banner for the Enyimba F.C. vs. Osun United match swayed with the wind as Obiora and Ekene approached the Thomas Balogun Stadium. Young boys sold ...read the full piece

Essay

Patient Notes

by Bella Majam

My first brush with psychiatric hospitalization, I often joke, was a prelude to my sweet sixteenth. There are a few things you can only learn once ...read the full piece

Essay

kontrollat e pasaportave/ passport control

by Serafina Ferizaj

The smell of armpit sweat and unbrushed teeth are so dominant in the car, I can’t stand them anymore. My legs are asleep but I can't stretch them: The ...read the full piece

Flash Nonfiction

I Am an Alien

by Parvathy J

I tell stories. It could be anyone, we could be anywhere, doing anything. After hours and days of debating in inner monologues, when I feel safe ...read the full piece

Poetry

Before You Go

by Lise Reingruber

Sestina Instructions for traveling to the underworld you hold a lion on a leash, you are a dove a Venus, the morning and evening star you open your ...read the full piece