The Heaviness of Hollowness
by Erin Ajello I have always felt so empty, hollow at the core, lacking something “more”. Inside me lay only a vast void,… Read More »The Heaviness of Hollowness
November 2016
Stay In School (They Keep You Busy There)
by Erin Ajello “A mind is a terrible thing to waste” Or so these signs hung in schools say. I want to agree such… Read More »Stay In School (They Keep You Busy There)
Phantom
by Micaela Arena Yes, there’s something the dead are keeping back. —Robert Frost, The Witch of Coos For there be divers sorts of death—some… Read More »Phantom
The black Lullaby
by Ariana Campbell My skin may be brown…but I am black Black like the boy abusing [k2] crack Black like the hearts that… Read More »The black Lullaby
ex libris.
by Nabila Chowdhury dear reader, if you’re not going to treat me right, please leave me on the shelf in fact, i’m surprised… Read More »ex libris.
How to Microwave a Snowflake
by Yocheved Friedman I come from the very last pangs of summer and the tap of a restless foot against a school chair. My mother,… Read More »How to Microwave a Snowflake
Ode to the East River
by Lindsay Griffiths I lay aside my laptop to gaze wistfully out the window for a moment. From the eleventh floor of my building I… Read More »Ode to the East River
Lolita and Rico – Chapter One
by Janelle Hyppolite Before Lolita and Rico started dating, Lolita was living in Haiti and Rico was almost kicked out of school. Lolita was… Read More »Lolita and Rico – Chapter One
The Dead Forget the Dead
by Arianna James His hair gets long. He forgets that hair grows, forgets that he is anything more than a brain, than reaction, than a… Read More »The Dead Forget the Dead
Vacancy
by Arianna James The sky is the map and the stars are every push pin pressed inward, every place that you’ve ever wanted to go,… Read More »Vacancy
Seventeen
by Laura James One sheep. Two sheep. Three sheep. I try to imagine each leaping over a fence in a rhythmic, repetitive convention. Four sheep.… Read More »Seventeen
Hush
by Japneet Kaur maybe it’s easier to let go toss it into the fire let it burn watch it ignite and cremate so that… Read More »Hush
