READ SOME BULLSHIT

Nov 11, 2022
4 min

A STORY by VICTORIA LYNN SMITH

GOSSIP AND DINNER “Ziva is such a cat,” Bella said, tilting her head in Chloe’s direction. Bella had a beautiful tilt, which helped her...

Nov 10, 2022
2 min

A STORY by MARGO GRIFFIN

DOUBLE VISION The bus pulls up, and I board along with the girl and other vaguely familiar faces. I walk toward the back of the bus and...

Nov 9, 2022
4 min

A STORY by ELENA ENDER

FROM ELENA'S UPCOMING CHAPBOOK, "STILL ALIVE, I'M AFRAID" (BULLSHIT, 2023) THE 60 FWY EAST TOWARDS INDIO Driving on the 60 freeway east...

Nov 5, 2022
2 min

FIVE POEMS by GOLDIE PEACOCK

12.2.21 Today is a palindrome day. This is a palindrome day. How is this life even possible? Convergence of molecules, most improbable....

Nov 3, 2022
4 min

THREE POEMS by ZARA IMRAN

A SERIES OF SELF-IMPLICATING QUESTIONS I wear makeup in English. I flirt in English. I have sex in English. I fall in love. only in...

Nov 2, 2022
2 min

TWO POEMS by JASON MELVIN

SORRY, BUT IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS Mom said she liked my poem but Why’d I have to use that word How else to describe the sexually...

Oct 27, 2022
1 min

TWO POEMS by IVAN de MONBRISON

I. У меня в руке кусочки кожи. Но я не хочу пить. В последний день года головы детей отрываются от тела и летают. Ящерица становится...

Oct 26, 2022
1 min

A POEM by ANKIT RAJ OJHA

EVERY TIME I GET MY PUMP BROKEN Every time I get my pump broken or something feels snapped inside, I busy myself reading, writing poems,...

Oct 21, 2022
1 min

A POEM by NOLCHA FOX

THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF POEM This is not a poem of complaint. This is not a poem of sorrow. I have no blood or pus to expel. I have no...

Oct 20, 2022
3 min

A STORY by REBECCA DEMPSEY

AUTEUR Transcript begins: ‘… as the Author, you’d think I’d continue to receive recognition for my works, but I’ve been talking to the...

Oct 19, 2022
2 min

FOUR THINGS by LEX LANZA

JANUARY 1, 2021 a fire freezing rain two kinds of crackling something hits my cheek and I can’t tell if it’s a bit of ice or a spark he...

Oct 14, 2022
1 min

FOUR POEMS by EARL CARRENDER

PLAY THING Does she know that we use her toys when she’s out of town? She can smell another woman a mile away. But can she smell another...

Oct 13, 2022
1 min

A POEM by NATASCHA GRAHAM

BETWEEN THE ACTS Influenced by David Bowie, Virginia Woolf and Sally Wainwright, Natascha Graham is a lesbian writer of stage, screen,...

Oct 12, 2022
4 min

SOME PROSE by MAGENTA VARLET

THE PEREGRINATIONS OF A NASCENT THOUGHT From nowhere in particular it came—the unformed opalescence of a thought—and dropped in on Pat’s...

Oct 7, 2022
1 min

A POEM by KAREN WALKER

I QUIT Wrote to the boss: "I quit this job as a cashier at Grocery Giant." Wrote to the bottle: "I quit this joint as a cashier at...

Oct 6, 2022
2 min

A POEM by OZZYKA FARAH

CASH COW in cold, bastard night blanket draped over my face like a veil I half-dreamt the world in a teacup in this chamomile dream money...

Oct 5, 2022
3 min

SIX POEMS by CATALINA BLAKE

ALONE AT THE TOP OF THE PLATEAU The fool is lost in the mountain new dawns, he is to find, do not always bring new meanings. But, for a...

Sep 30, 2022
1 min

SOME PROSE by ALEXIS LEE

‘WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE MEMORY WITH YOUR SISTER,’ she says this child in front of me asking the impossible questions! how am i to know my...

Sep 29, 2022
2 min

TWO POEMS by MIA AMORE DEL BANDO

VISIONS I vision the future Dismal and deluded lights Blurry violet edges and stranger’s smiles My heart on a platter for cannibals to...

Sep 28, 2022
4 min

A STORY by R.B. MINER

THE GOOD SAMARITAN “It simply can’t be.” “It is.” “I’ve heard some of your stories. There’s no way.” “It feels like it is.” “The worst...