“A Catch in the Spokes” by Maggie Harrison

Issue 17 / Spring 2019   For years, I was silent. I told no one. Today that changes, partly because of you, moving your eyes across this page, participating in my liberation. Or my re-traumatization. Or elements of each. I won’t pretend it’s just one or the...

Book Review: “My Oceanography” by Harriet Levin

My Oceanography Author: Harriet Levin CavanKerry Press, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-933880-67-9 $16.00           Ekphrasis Hybrid: Portrait of the Mermaid in a Mirror for Harriet Levin’s My Oceanography Review by L. Shapley Bassen What do you know...

Book Review: “The Unrepentant” by E. A. Aymar

The UnrepentantAuthor: E. A. AymarDown & Out Books, 2019ISBN: 978-1948235587$3.99 Pre-Order, $17.95 Trade Paperback     “A Reason to Return”: Twinning and Violence in E. A. Aymar’s The UnrepentantReview by Beth OsborneThere are plenty of reasons...

“Assembly Heart” by Laura Valeri

Issue 16 / Winter 2019   The girl kept her heart in a purple velvet box by her bedside. Every morning, she removed her heart from a latch under her ribcage, her hand reaching up into the damp warm mucus of her insides. Her long, thin fingers, like spider legs,...

“The Missing Link” by McKenzie Caldwell

Issue 16 / Winter 2019   A person can only sit in her car for so long before the frigid November air sneaks in and tries to leach off her body heat. I looked at the small neon sign blaring Stone Tavern through the window, and then back at the front door, which...