Instructions for Humility

Instructions for Humility by David Gustavsen Go out in the early morning and catch the birds.As many as you can. Take them in your hands,careful not to crush their fragile chests. Later, you willpickle them, preserve them for others.But for now simply place them in...

Wi-Fi in a Museum

Wi-Fi in a Museum by Hussain Ahmed I claim the debris, I claim the smokethere is no need to burden the binwith what is left of our pastthe ruins will someday have second-hand valuebroken platesstained with tomato pastes or blood in a dishwashersomeday, our shoes will...

Do You Know How Awful It Is?

Do You Know How Awful It Is? by Lucy Hitz My pussy smells like madnesslike laying down in the field togetherlooking at what we thoughtwas the Milky Way which you spottedand I felt nothingbut you didyou didyou didI tell myselfThat was the pillThat was the chemicalshow...

3 Flash Fictions

3 Flash Fictions by Sally Burnette The Iron Stove Long ago, when people still made wishes, there lived a beautiful prince. One day he went for a walk along the woods. A crow cawed, which startled him so much that his mind emptied & he ran straight into the forest...

Hannah

Hannah by Phillip Sterling Hannah found the baby in January, on a day when the farm report predicted temperatures would not reach twenty degrees. She heard a mewing in the loft and wondered if one of the barn cats had gotten sick. The infant had been swaddled in a...