This is the story I never wanted to write. You, me, and a wound I thought the Sunshine State would heal with grandkids, barramundi and gallons of water under the …
Hustling the Hustlers (Jenny Hedley)
In July 2015, on a normal night’s work, a girl sat down next to me and urinated on her chair. I shoved the dancewear I was selling into suitcases to …
Riding the Bus in Denver (Sheila Black)
I rode the bus in Denver. I rode it early in the morning and late at night, and sometimes I waited a long time in the cold wind of December …
Voices of Women: Clearway
CLEARWAY (Corona): A Film of Stories We Live, Music We Imagine and Found Plastic Sculpture In March this year, Voices of Women was gearing up to present live performances of …
My Ins and Outs with Closets (Patricia Dwyer)
Every spring I clean out my closet. I open the windows and enjoy a whiff of lilac, pack up suits I no longer wear, and pile up winter sweaters to …
Dr. Flesh (Elizabeth Kirschner)
Edited by Alise Blayney & Michele Seminara People are harder than birds. They squawk more and it is an unlovely sound, like a sawed-in-half snore. The light in the asylum …
Final Frontier (Joo-Inn Chew)
Between traffic lights the night is dark and shapeless. My father’s van feels like a dented spaceship, dad and I strapped in like astronauts jetting through nothingness. He drives silently, …
Origami (Mauricio Palazzo)
Translated by Toshiya Kamei Edited by Kathryn Hummel The work at Gaspanic consisted of waiting tables, preparing drinks, making pizzas and hot dogs, receiving payments, making chitchat at the bar, …
The Give (Indigo Perry)
It’s the give of the earth: a shifting of clods under her running feet. Most of the children’s graves in the cemetery are marked with stones with names and dates …
26 Outings
1. Friday evening, as my husband and I are getting ready for bed, I tell him I think I’ve fallen for a girl. That night we have passionate ‘I can’t …