Three poems
"The Travelling," “Sasquatch," and "Nose Box” more »
A Sail
Thor never got used to those Norwegian winters. Months of half-light and soft bark. But his fire smoldered on, year after year, until one fresh June day brought a breakthrough in Thor’s plans to float away from the steely fjords… more »
Terry & Tawny & Lucinda
Tawny is a girl and a girl is a flower. A girl is a rhythm. A girl is a train riding tracks. more »
Anti-Social Networking
“Oh man I can’t believe you actually sent it!” Dan shouts, in horror and glee. I lean back in my crumbling wheelie chair and smile wryly. Well, what’s done is done, I guess. “That’ll by twenty-five dollars,” I say, extending my... more »
Eliot Khalil Wilson: Poetry Sings Like That
Eliot Khalil Wilson talks about poetry as a moral act, shopping for images while traveling, and why he’d be happy to be sung to by a frog. more »
When Somebody Needs Hypnotized
Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature has done something to Steinbeck. He has become bored with writing, as if there are no new heights he can reach. In the world of hypnotism, he is considered a hack. more »
Rumble Groan Dream
What's it like to work in a cannery? The Working Issue closes with this vintage short short from Issue 4. Remember: Six cans a minute, six cans a minute, or you are fired. Twenty-five cents an hour. more »