Vintage Fringe

Six Poems

"No Translation," "Poem to Save Your Life," "Poem to Write on Your Birthday," "Elegy for an Amputation," "At the Easel with Alzheimer's," and "For a Day of Silence." more »

Nonfiction

On Marathon Thinking

Before the start: you should relax and walk around. Try to go to the bathroom one last time before hitting the trail. Try not to think about the run. So I think about laces. The flat ones—cotton and wide and secure—but rarely seen anymore on... more »

Fiction

Algorithmic Behavior

She had become quite skilled at replication, to the extent that she could no longer tell what she had lifted from other people and what was genuinely her own. more »

Vintage Fringe

Privatizing Libraries

In this piece from our third issue, Greg Shupak explains why public libraries are bad for the economy. more »

Poetry

Three poems from a florilegium

“mine eyes have dazzled days,” “Queen of the Dead,” and “Flower Freaks” more »

(de)Classified

Unlikely Factory and Clothes and Papers

Unlikely Factory Carol: I never thought that parts of it are still made by hand! Ann: No wonder they are never uniform. The Inspector: This, ladies, is a bellows. They come in three standard sizes. Of course,... more »

Vintage Fringe

F.A.T.

In this piece from our very first issue, writer Tina Dent imagines extreme consequences of the fat tax -- a world where calories are currency, sugar is contraband, and the fat are sent to reeducation camps. more »

Short Short

Transponder

She makes a dismissive flick with her hand toward the tunnel. I go. I want to communicate with chemicals, understand attraction and terror as smells. There is no algorithm here, no easy pattern of pheromones to follow. more »

Nonfiction

Forget the Birds

My whole life I’ve basically botched the essential message of Mary Poppins, and I never stopped to realize the cost. I’ve walked around with this idea of “go fly a kite” as some unquestioned Zen truth, a mythical DMZ of family togetherness.... more »

Criticism

Education as Alienation

African authors have re-written history through their narratives, allowing all who read their books to understand that the colonizers did not stop at inhabiting the land of the Africans, but they attempted and often times succeeded at inhabiting... more »

Fiction

Loving Hirsute

The name Hirsute had started as a joke. This was back when he used to sleep in her bed, before they split the apartment. This was before he lost his job, before he brought home cardboard boxes. more »

Poetry

Three poems

Joan Miró’s Mujer, Still Life with Mandolin, and Spellbound Ball more »

Featured Artwork

5 Pieces by Abhilasha Singh