Jun 1611 minChameleon - Lily Walker1 We drove from Harlem to Vermont in silence. My sister Jodie sat next to me in the backseat, reading when the sun was out and sleeping...
May 217 minDrink Tequila For Your Sorrows (Bebe Tequila Por Tus Penas) - Ashuni Lucía PérezSomewhere over the border of Arkansas and Tennessee, I was forced to slide on my cheap sunglasses, shut my window, and try my best to get...
May 199 minViola x Joel-COVID Chronicles Bi or Gay, but Definitely Not Straight - Miko Reed CollinsApril 2020 He thinks I am gay and wants to take me to see a therapist because apparently, I don’t love his dick enough. Don’t salivate...
May 312 minI Sea - Annie WoodI’m sitting at the stern of the boat, on the transom, in my new sexy sporty bikini from Target while the tall, tanned and toned Steven is...
Apr 233 minAutopilot - Chelsea VincenziAfter something sudden and violent happens to the body, it switches to autopilot. You're still you, but at the same time, not. A piece of...
Apr 76 minAn Hour as a Venus Flytrap - Stoness VerdaI lead them into the third room. Second from the back, not the best space but they only give that one to larger groups anyway. We...
Mar 303 minStrands - Kelsey WellingtonMy sister used to tell me she hated me for my hair. She wanted her wavy, frizzy hair to grow stick-straight like mine, to be left alone...
Mar 187 minPeriod Story - Hannah Berman“Log log log! Ladies who log regularly are more aware of what’s going on down there.” It has been 96 days since my last period, a record....
Feb 124 minThat Psychotic Bear - Ilene MarcusThe polar bear stayed underwater all day. After all, it was too hot for him most of the time. Polar bears don’t usually live in New...
Feb 43 minDandelions and Four Leaf Clovers - Elise LernerIt’s almost my birthday. I realize I’ve been waiting for more than half a century to get better, to get smarter, to get happier. That’s...
Jan 163 minGenerations - Hannah MontanteI step into the hallway, bare feet touching cold tile. I try to ignore the cobwebs dangling in corners where the low ceilings and walls...
Nov 15, 20214 minCreating an Intentional World - Rose CanfieldMice no longer run in a panic looking over their furry shoulders, there is no need, the cats have died and no replacement has been made....
Nov 1, 202112 minThe Goddamn Miracles of Nature“It’s okay! I’m right here!” Lynn says. Her five-year-old daughter June whimpers. June has float wings on, but she keeps eyeing the...
Oct 30, 20213 minCentenaryI invited my neighbor Miss T. out to dinner for her 100th birthday. “Anyplace you want to go,” I said. Tiny and trim, surely under a...
Sep 22, 20214 minChristi Krug - The Hiccup ManTwo little monkeys jumping on the bed. When it’s raining, we jump from Theodore’s bed to the folding chair, but it’s a long way and...
Sep 20, 20212 minThe Pleasures of Today - Ashley Brie MyersToday is both ordinary and singular, for it is a Saturday in August in the midst of a pandemic, and I’m alone in Vermont. When I say...
Sep 14, 20212 minTeeth - Martha TaylorMy cousin Jackie and I are five years old, standing on the shore of the Patuxent River, white sand under our bare feet, fine as ground...
Aug 1, 20215 minSoon It Will Be Spring - Grace KennedyOn my 5th day of taking antidepressants I find out I have COVID. Or at least, I suspect I do. It is February 4th, 2021: I have moved out...
Jul 1, 20214 minThe Buffer in the Backseat - Tiffany R. AzzaritoNext time I think it’s a good idea to go on a trip with BOTH my parents and ONLY both my parents, remind me that it’s not. I’m an adult...
Jun 28, 20218 minThe Frog Opera - Patricia CalderwoodIt was 1972. Eighteen and newly a commuter student at Fordham University, a twenty minute walk from home, I walked the dark autumn...