Cloudy
byTHE ROCKING WAKES BONNIE. Though not in bed, she is down and moving. One eye flutters open, sees clouds; the other, stuck. She floats over tall grass, men in reflective…
Stories
Sunflower
byMY DAD WAS A BIG BELIEVER IN THE THEORY THAT YOU COULDN’T TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND until you’d truly hit rock bottom, preferably wrenching your elbow and herniating discs four through…
Seventeenth and Clay
byWHEN MY HOUSEMATE CAME HOME, I WAS DOUBLED OVER on top of the monstrous 1940’s era heater that dominated the second floor of the flat we rented with two others….
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Yeti
byIT LAYS DEAD BEFORE ME, ITS SKULL CRACKED. The tree bore no injury. Grasping the kill by the neck, I move toward the mountain. Little drops of red fall upon…