Sarah Bradley
Sylvia
By Sarah Bradley / Fiction / She found the place without too much trouble, though she wouldn’t have known this was Chinatown if Charlie...
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OUR Works
Mark Martin
Changeling
By Mark Martin / Fiction / The four of them—two adults and two children—languished in a parked car held immobile by the rain. The weather...
Russ López
Eurydice at the Medianoche Saloon
By Russ López / Fiction / Even before Orpheus’s band was hired to play at the Medianoche Saloon, the dance club was packed. The crowds...
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Diomedéa
By Sandra Jackson-Opoku / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / This is the moment I recall, a memory blurred by nostalgia...
Shayla Frandsen
No, Marty is Not on Instagram
By Shayla Frandsen / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / Mom visited Marty in a dream again. In the dream, Mom was standing...
Lisa Corn
Empty Dresses
By Lisa Corn / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / On his way through the city back to the old man, Ivan noticed the pattern...
Lena Hari
The Father Tree
By Lena Hari / Fiction / Matteo’s hands, rough, raw, and badly bleeding, worked to turn the burnt earth. The fires were still burning in...
Cassidy McCants
Smiling in Igneous
By Cassidy McCants / Fiction / What kind of beauty lies latent? Dormant? In the morning you walk outside to see gray. A haze that doesn’t...
J.M. Amoroso
Pappa
By J.M. Amoroso / Fiction / I lose my soul in the mirror every day. I give it a year, maybe two if I’m lucky, before I face the dreaded...
S. P. Venkat
What Happens When They Leave
By S. P. Venkat / Fiction / On the day of my wedding, I realized I didn't recognize my husband-to-be. He looked like a lazily picked...
Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka
Little Machines
By Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka / Fiction / You are on the couch sketching the Christmas tree when you hear the growl of your brother’s Ford...
Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel
Oyayi / Lullaby
By Kwan Siu Kan Gabriel / Fiction / From her upstairs bedroom, Anastasia cries. It is 9 pm, well into the quiet hours. Her cries echo...
Sarah Young
That Woman
By Sarah Young / Fiction / SPRING Bushes burst into flower, roses overflow, magnolias spill onto the broken footpaths from unkempt...
Jacquelyn Jordan
God's Tryin' to Tell You Somethin'
By Jacquelyn Jordan / Fiction / As a kid, I didn’t like to play with other kids my age. In fact I didn’t even like kids my age. They...
Ernest Langston
Sign the Papers
By Ernest Langston / Fiction / The two-lane road curved up and into a pine tree forest. Country-styled houses were sprinkled along the...
Iris Harris
When the Ohia Lehua Blossoms
By Iris Harris / Fiction / “I know it’s your week with Sam starting tonight, but I don’t think you need to come all the way down to the...
John Fried
The Surgeon's Hands
By John Fried * for bf / Fiction / Louise sat at the bar, working on that day’s crossword, waiting for her date to arrive. He was late....
Ed Davis
Artemis
By Ed Davis / Fiction / Marla hadn’t been home five minutes before the doorbell rang. Shit. She’d’ve ignored it except she was expecting...
Loren Mayshark
A New Vision of an Old Tomorrow
By Loren Mayshark / Fiction / Thom grabs a plastic grocery basket with four wheels, three of them askew, and drags it into the Hemköp...
Devin Santiago Dettman
When Did It Start to Hurt
by Devin Santiago Dettman / Fiction / I lay with my head on the grain of the picnic table. I’m sure it’s cutting shallow lines into my...
Emily Hessney Lynch
The Button Caverns
by Emily Hessney Lynch / Fiction / Kayla usually started and ended each shift with a lemon cookie. She wasn’t sure if Lucy started baking...
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