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On Balancing On A Steel Girder by Jacob Aiello

Have you seen those photographs of the shirtless men balancing on steel girders thousands of feet above New York City? Yes. They look like they’re relaxing in a lawn chair [...]

April 1, 2015

Duct-Taped Wedding Bells by Grace Montgomery

December 1, 2014

I haven’t told you I’ve been sleeping on the floor the past six nights in a row. It’s probably because three pages of [...]
The Morning of the Day by Lee Foust

April 1, 2014

I half sat/half lay propped up on a pillow in bed looking out the bay window in the nearest corner of Betty’s large [...]
French Press by Hannah White

February 1, 2015

I cannot be alone anymore. I surround myself with bodies that fill like packing peanuts the empty spaces of my emotions. I [...]
Richie by Amy Scharmann

April 1, 2014

Richie usually checked to see if I was awake before he practiced. He liked that I had no knowledge or interest in piano. [...]
Times Square 1960 by Mark Pritchard

February 1, 2014

I haven’t been to a joint like this in years, but this is where Feldman is appearing. The faded lobby is strangely [...]
Nine by Sarah Boland

February 24, 2017

Fall left with a heavy sigh As the willow trees bid farewell to the leaves with tears in their eyes. The willows wish for [...]
Thirty by Rachel Harrison

June 1, 2015

At the age of 24 you will take a good long look in the mirror and realize that your face is asymmetrical. You won’t [...]
La Petite Mort by Quinn White

February 3, 2017

Cover your ears. I took your father’s virginity. On top, he should’ve faced me, but he stared out his window at [...]
SALT AND LIGHT ~ A COVENANT by Lisa Harris

December 28, 2016

I. Evil, like most things, takes time to grow— small steps taken and subtle masks worn, nudges and whispers, a wink and a [...]
Lightwood by Steph Post

May 1, 2017

There was no one to greet Judah Cannon when he got out of Starke, so he just started walking. The sky was gray, the air [...]
Spill by Karie Fugett

April 1, 2015

The day my husband died, April 20, 2010, BP oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico. I was told about the spill weeks later, [...]
Speed by Alice King

September 2, 2016

That summer was a hairpin curve taken at ninety, blue lights lost among trees. The humid air shivered with rebellion, and my [...]