“The Tomb of the Pharaoh” by Alec Osthoff

Issue 14 / Summer 2018   Caleb’s kitchen table is covered in penises. There must be hundreds of them.  Some are inked in red, some in blue, some are carved. A few notable specimens are bordered with glitter. They are almost all flaccid and uncircumcised—so...

“OPSEC” by Liz Egan

Issue 14 / Summer 2018   Heather Lawrence lives alone in a townhouse on Long Island. Her husband died when the towers came down. Her only son Paul was a boy then, but now he is eighteen and enlisted in the Marines. Now he is in Afghanistan somewhere, searching...

“Men in Trees” by Martha Moffett

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   Morgan Mayfield was, by and large, a contented man. That was why, when the brochure came in the mail, he threw the glossy envelope unopened into the large cane wastebasket that sat under the table in the hall.  The second time it arrived,...

“Leftovers” by Emi Benn

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   The address on the flyer led him to a quiet industrial estate with a neon road sign: “Ready to change your life? TED IS HERE!”` Ken parked his dusty pick-up and checked his teeth. He had a pen in his jacket and clutched a new pocket-sized...

“A Public Service” by Jenny Belardi

Issue 13 / Spring 2018   Jill stood at the end of the driveway, her hands cupped, nearly closed. One hand was full of cheese cubes, which left a residue on her skin. The other was full of apple slices, which left a sticky sweetness. She pushed her sunglasses down...