Coping With the Kardashians
byAS A TWEEN LIVING IN WHITE SUBURBIA, I spent most of my young existence inhaling all of Taylor Swift’s lyrics like I was snorting smarties, Miley Cyrus’s media scandals while…
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My Left Tongue
byEVERYONE HAS TO BELIEVE ME, I JUST CAME IN HERE FOR THE FOOD. I’ve been peckish all day long, and I’ve been thinking about chicken with rice pilaf. Are those…
No True West
byTHERE IS NO LONGER SUCH A THING AS A TRUE MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST, if there ever was. What remains is only the dream life distilled through multiple lenses,…
River
byAN A-FRAME WITH FRONT GABLES. Outside: a chipped Hudson Commodore. It’s Florida, 1969. The dawn of Disney. The alligators are newly relocated to Lake Jesup. The palms sag with heat,…
2001: A Space Mystery
byIT IS NOW OVER FIFTY YEARS SINCE THAT ICONIC SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE, 2001: A Space Odyssey—based on the short story, “The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke, who went on to…
The Woman the Spiders Loved
byThe following is a story from our upcoming release I’ll Tell You a Love Story by Couri Johnson, due out April 14th, and originally appeared in Penultimate Peanut. We hope you enjoy, and if you’d…
Marble and Mud
byHARRIET WHEELED HER BIKE OVER TO THE CEDAR SHED BESIDE THE CABIN and propped it against the shed’s gray shingled wall, spotted with holes bored by the bees who call…
The Great British Bake Off: A Moment of Tradition and Hope in the Days of Brexit
bySOFT MUSIC AND THE SOUNDS OF WHISKING AND POURING PROVIDE THE GENTLE TITLE SEQUENCE OF THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF. The European classic has captivated audiences at home and across the…
Operator Get Me Jesus On the Line
byIt was a world of tired, antagonistic men and he was a kid. He hung out with his father a lot and would do most anything to please him or…
Fat Man in the Bathtub
byOne day Curly Mirrors woke up. He was cold as fuck with a headache that could split a locust stump. You’d think the headache would be a clue, but it…