Published Issue 104, August 2022 It’s the hottest day ever in LA, which is whack because it’s not even sunny out. Sky’s gray as a suit and the air smells like a trash fire. I take one look and say, “Foo, you got to get to the ocean,” and Jay Bee agrees. So it’s wetsuits […]
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Salacious Details, Blather, and Other Mundane Chatter By Brian Polk Art by Eric Joyner Published Issue 104, August 2022 I Have One Major Regret About The Wish I Made To Go Back In Time The genie that granted me the wish was probably aware of my folly when I told him I would like to
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The Eagle Hunter By Joel Tagert Art by Ali Hoff Published Issue 103, July 2022 When Aldiyar finally turned the corner down the high path, his golden triumph turned to lead and sunk a fist in his belly. Forgotten was the fox tied to his saddle, forgotten the story of his eagle’s prowess; for just
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The New News And Maybe Some Old News Too By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Published Issue 103, July 2022 A Threat To My Insomnia In No Uncertain Terms Dear Insomnia, I am driving 22 hours across the country today. In the past, you’ve done nothing but hinder my ability to function as a
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Accusations, Recriminations, Lamentations, Imputations By Brian Polk Art by Jason White Once A Year For My Birthday, I Allow Myself 14 Minutes Of Uninterrupted Happiness It’s a gift that I very much look forward to receiving, though last year I only gave myself 13 minutes because it started to fucking rain. Do What You Love
No Escape From the Storm By Joel Tagert Art by Caitlyn Grabenstein Published Issue 102, June 2022 The storm kept coming. The first time Kadi and Aliya were in the drive-thru of a Burger King in Fruita, Colorado. Kadi was behind the wheel of her car, a 2003 Ford Taurus she’d bought for eleven hundred
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Strings By Jason Heller Art by Jason White Published Issue 101, May 2022 The wound steel buzzes beneath my finger. It’s the G string, the thinnest and highest. I play it way up past the twelfth fret, letting the A and D strings drone open while muting the E string with my thumb, wrapped around
Rumors, Idle Talk & Fireside Chats By Brian Polk Art by Jason White But What If I Find Myself Momentarily Uncomfortable? As I continue to ungracefully age, I find myself asking this question every time I leave the house. Every time. What if it gets cold? I think. What if it gets too hot? I
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Filthy Animals By Joel Tagert Art by Nick Flook Published Issue 101, May 2022 You have to let me go. Don’t be stupid. Me and this suit weigh a hundred kilos easy. You don’t remotely have the strength to pull me out. Work with me here. Listen! Let me go, climb back to solid ground
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Published Issue 100, April 2022 Best of Birdy Originally Published Issue 015 The knock at the door comes at 2:30 a.m. I am alone and awake to greet it. I pad down the hall in soft socks and weak shadows, my shoulder blades twisting beneath my skin like insects trapped in a napkin. Charlie says