The young woman, ill and knackered, barely managed to sit up on her bed, her hair disheveled, grimy from the heat and sweaty from a …
everything (i’m too scared to say) by Ellery Beck
I i can see that exact day like it was just yesterday, and my recollection of the sweat beading up on your forehead almost warms …
Thursday’s Child by Emily Ward
Monday. Badly brewed tea and a scone I should’ve eaten by last Thursday. My boss tells me I’m drifting. I smile, or try to, until …
High School by Carissa Cicchini
School has taught me more about trying to fit in rather than getting to second period on time, and being picked last for dodgeball made …
Baby Teeth by Megan Waring
I lost you like a yellow balloon With wrists so small it’s not enough bone to tie the ribbon tight enough. It floated away until …
Emergency Room by Meggie Royer
When they ask you if his mouth was holy, tell ‘em you have always been capable of making miracles alone. Say amen then amend. Carpenters …
Here-ness and Me-ness in Three Words by Aleph Altman-Mills
“I am here” is one of the best sentences in the world. “I”: all that is swimming inside me. “I”: the worlds building themselves hot …
Buttons by Julia Nunnally Duncan
She stored buttons in a drawer of her Singer Sewing Machine— a collection of varied sizes and colors— rose and ivory and pale green or …
Love Is an Illusion by Seanna Pratt
…………………………………someone says this. Love, an all-night spectacle. Whiskey humming in your blood at dawn. The door is unlocked. Morning highlights your backs, pressed together like …