Me and Barnaby, Alone by Travis Flatt
For the week after the shipwreck, the Strongman and I lived off bananas, but he got sick off some tropical bug from bad stream water he guzzled uncooked.
Otto’s Palooza by Alyssa Aung
Mavis Slaughterhouse was fifteen years older than us, a greying redhead and a former professional wrestler once known as Crimson Slaughter.
And So Betwixt the Two of Us, We Licked the Platter Clean by Mikki Aronoff
We first locked eyes near the hog offal stall at Brigsbee Market. His wiry frame bent over me like an inchworm in heat. When he smiled, I saw rotten teeth.
Issue 36
Featuring work by Mikki Aronoff, Alyssa Aung, Jack Barrie, Jill Bronfman, Rebecca Croser, Peter DeMarco, Travis Flatt, Jaime Gill, Kat Gonso, Robert McBrearty, Kim Murdock, Nora Nadjarian, Chris Scott, and Nathan Leslie.
Owning Anger & Writing Grace: An Interview with Claudia Monpere
Cole Beauchamp chats with Claudia Monpere, the winner of the 2024 New Flash Fiction Prize, about where she finds inspiration, the best apple for mental health, why she writes in her car instead of her office, owning anger and writing more grace and hope.