Little Washington by Annie Vitalsey On a Friday, they told us we had no more water. We watched footage on the news of a twelve-inch water main burst, caught on camera in the center of Little Washington. We watched millions of gallons erupt through the pavement,...
Big Cats by Cody Greene After school, Nick is able to catch a ride with Courtney into the city. She has an internship at a gallery downtown, and Nick volunteers at Mill Mountain Zoo painting a mural on the side of their gift shop. Courtney found out today that she’s...
Relief by Alex Gallo-Brown Certain months,the mind goes.It can be hard to latch onto anything,to command or compel.Meanwhile, the bodywanders, performs.Does its dailydiligence.Angers no one.Its own angergone, replaced byweightlessness, calm.The mind says,this is...
Watching Planes Take Off in Late Evening While High on Shrooms by Ariel Francisco The sky an electric blue being pulledinto a blackness I’m too scared tolook into directly with these pupilspried wide like busted elevator doors.My brother tries to guide me but myphone...
Mount Saint Helens— by Georgia Dennison named after Mother of Emperor Constantine,who fed the poor, who insisted,after three hundred years of persecution– ashes itself onto the lone plain, like a wave. They make Christmas ornaments out of her. Lies. ...
The Papers Read: Today, She Was Stolen by Robin Cedar You could hear the mothers screaming,my customers say, rememberingthe day Tokitae was stolen. These crusty old men who stareat my breasts each morningand tell me to loosen up, relax, laugh, smile, baby,...
