Fiction

The Umbrella

Richard brought a painting home. It was a painting of a man holding an umbrella. Or, he wasn’t holding an umbrella. It was a painting of several men falling from the sky like drops of rain. None of those men...

The Decentres

Marlowe is searching for her twin brother, Hugo. Ten years ago, they were kidnapped from their home planet, an all-black commune in space, and separated. Marlowe was left in an all-white suburb on Earth, but she's not alone. Together with...

Second Simone

In Sarah Rupp's new story, doppelgänger lovers Simone and Second Simone meet at a dive to plan a day of getting high to the soundtrack of extinct bird calls. The night takes a dangerous and bloody turn (but for who?)...

SPELL FOR SURVIVING YOUR MFA

by Kyla Jamieson After Joni Murphy and Morgan Parker   Pressure to produce writing that will be appropriated as cultural capital by the institution (“MFA alumna _________”) will push you into yourself, press your tongue to the roof of your...