Nonfiction

Bumper Stickers

Solid black with white letters scrawled in a jagged font. Bold and big are the words, “Kill Em All.” Below, in a smaller juxtaposition, “Let Allah Sort Em Out.” “Here’s how you solve this,” my father said over... more »

Fiction

Gringa

When the man discovered that Lupe was staring, he grabbed the arrow shaft and walked to where Lupe was lying on his stomach. The man got on his hands and knees. more »

(de)Classified

A Collection of Glimpses and Two Other Audio Pieces by Michael K. Meyers

This month’s (de)Classified is a selection of audio pieces by Michael... more »

Blog

S. Asher Sund discusses poetry and songwriting

This week in Vintage Fringe we’ve got a rerun of three poems by S. Asher Sund that originally appeared in March 2009, in issue 18.... more »

Vintage Fringe

"You Are Here" and two more poems

"But imagine what it must be like before it all begins ..."—from "Sometimes a Mountain," by S. Asher Sund. Read this and two more of his poems from issue 18. more »

Nonfiction

Waterways

They found a body in my river. Until I read the newspaper article my mother sent me from Massachusetts, I didn’t know that the river had a real name, but it does: Fort Pond Brook, a title I will use here and then never again, except to complain,... more »

Short Short

Alone in a Small, Small World

Why do we do it? Why do we find ourselves perpetually crossing county and state lines, early in the a.m., hungry, dazed, half-drunk, half-asleep, and whole-alone? more »

(de)Classified

The Bob Ross Underground Tape Exchange

THRD SEASON JOY OF PAINTING CLIFFHANGER FINALE: This is old VHSx5+ C- but high vocal resonance (about 9-10, Quidd). Im not into zen meditation but my bf. says its hot shit, a BR classic. like delayed male orgasm he says! ; o Will trade or sell. ... more »

Features

Jeannine Hall Gailey: Poetess as Video Game Heroine (Dying Again)

Poet Jeannine Hall Gailey talks about anime, comics, and how paper books will survive the zombie apocalypse. more »

Fiction

Shipyard Incidents

Lara is the fattest woman in the world, the signs say, though they have no way of proving that. Otto puts her on a big scale, the kind that’s used to weigh cows, and he has people guess her weight. more »

Poetry

"My Flannel Civilization" and two more poems

"If I were scrap in the scraps, match in the box of matches. . . ." —from "Then I Could Sleep" more »

Nonfiction

Mississippi Freedom Summer in Eight Vignettes

The train approached Meridian, Mississippi, at midnight. The train was half empty and quiet, but my mind raced, heavy and conflicted, contemplating the events to come. Who are they, these racists pulling you from trains and cars and homes in the... more »

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The Sliced Series by David Irvine