Archipelago by Griffin Reister Johnson We’ll open cold, on a tight shot of a dewy glass of the local beer gripped between two spidery hands, no rings, a pale bump on the side of the right middle finger, bloodless white rinds at the base of each nail. A local...
Inheritance + Sorry by Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee Inheritance Back in the days of film, my father grabbed the Nikon of a tourist getting in the way one too many times and exposed his entire roll without saying a word. He and my mother took what they called...
jeffrey like a giant by Kaija Matīss Mom and Dad throw parties. Big ones. One time they get a pig. String it up in the barn and leave it there till the next day, when they get up at 3am to put a stick all the way through it and hang it over a fire. We love it. Run...
Hers by Beate Sigriddaughter Blues and greens glint in the windows of The Mermaid Parlor. Tiny sequins, I think. I always like to see behind the magic of things. The four of us sit on a lacquered bench outside, Gordon in deep conversation about Snow White with...
Seek Shelter Immediately by Jeremy Griffin On the Weather Channel app, the storms appeared as an orange and red comet streaking across the Carolinas. They followed in the wake of Hurricane Florence, which had stalled over the East Coast days earlier before being...
The Kids Are Cute AF Though by Dan Tremaglio A perfect cat dad and top-rated uncle, you’re well on your way to making a subpar father. It’s three in the morning and your week-old daughter sounds like an eagle hunting a rodent the size of your brain in an electric...
