Mohamed Morshed Mustafa emerged from the tunnel that led him out of the airplane and stepped into the airport. There were numerous lines of people facing glass booths; he joined the shortest line,...
Jared Povanda When your sister married Charlie, you wanted to punch him. Do you remember the weight of my arms around your middle? That ficus in the huge terracotta pot scratching our faces? The hall...
Leigh Claire Schmidli It’s not often the case, but we’re all hungry for dinner about the same time that night. Me and Anka, my landlady. Her fat-cat Bazo. We collide in the tiny kitchen, circling...
Leslie Doyle My youngest brother, Jim, is looking really weird up there at the altar right now. Rocking on his heels nervously but also yawning like he’s about to fall asleep. As if he’d just...
Jeremy Griffin Runner-Up 2023 Spring Fiction Contest Rick is traveling east on his motorcycle at 45 miles per hour. Wind speed is 6 miles per hour. He left Sierra’s five minutes ago at 3:05 PM....
2023 Spring Fiction Contest Winner Parrot by Maeve Barry 2023 Spring Nonfiction Contest Winner All the Dust Falling by Abigail Ham 2023 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest Winner Pastoral Fragment by Rachel...
“Stoning to Death” BĀNBISHN was the Middle Persian title of the Sasanian Queens of Iran. The full version of the title was bānbishnān bānbishn (“Queen of Queens”). She believes...
“The Other Clouds” Sarah-Jane Crowson SARAH JANE CROWSON’s work is inspired by fairytales, nature, psychogeography, and surrealism. She uses bricolage to explore the space between real...
“Sorollan Improv” María DeGuzmán MARÍA DEGUZMÁN is a scholar, photographer, writer, and music composer. Her photographic work has been exhibited at The Institute of Contemporary Art...
