fiction
Bedfellows | by Claire Taylor
“He keeps popping into her head at the oddest moments. Someone will cut her off in traffic and she’ll quickly turn toward the passenger seat, indignant, expecting to see Brandon sitting there.”
Opportunity of a Lifetime | by Erin McKenzie
“The absolute love of her life was on Mars and currently not responding to data requests being sent from Earth.”
You Walk into the Bookstore | by Vera Hadzic
“You’ll feel like a ray of sunshine. You’ll feel like light on a wedge of tangerine, soft and bright and inviting.”
poetry
Thunderstorm & Ann Arbor, Spring | by Emma McGlashen
“If you love me, / be for me like a summer storm: / warm, wide, a constant patter.”
Honeymoon & Prey | by Kenneth Ryan
“Now who’s being naive?”
Avalanche | by Matthew Schultz
“We woke to find that Winter had covered Peach Hill …”
Sijo for Lovers Beneath the Earth | by Rick Hollon
“Cavern dark, a dungeon chill / draws warriors …”
The Lovers & My Monster Slayer | by Rita Feinstein
“tell me what animal i am / and feed her stardust”
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