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The Winter Years by Tara Betts

July 27, 2020

The grass curls under its frigid brown.Sharp wind curls its insistent whiningaround the bricked-up corners, edgeswe typically call home, or…

Calving by Bridget Apfeld

July 27, 2020

It had been her cousin Laurie who’d taught her. Laurie sixteen, she eleven. Jessie conscious of the weight of those…

The Complexion of the Game by Nancy Ford Dugan

July 27, 2020

Jill was slowly changing out of her business suit. She was down to a black slip and skirt. Harry had…

Where to Put My Hands by M Lynx Qualey

July 27, 2020

People will never understand my friendship with Neela. Since the day we met among the metal chairs, she’s slipped from…

What Happened to FB? by Juan Martinez

July 27, 2020

I’m not the right person to tell FB’s story, but I waited a year and no one else has volunteered…

Cold Union by Karen Halvorsen Schreck

July 27, 2020

Goodlove, Illinois 1864 In the bay window overlooking the frozen lawn, the spider spins her silk. I watch her…

Your Best Friend’s Father by Ola Faleti

July 27, 2020

The first time you have sex with your best friend’s father is no accident. You’ve been watching him for weeks…

Slimer by Chelsea Laine Wells

July 27, 2020

It was a knee to the balls. Even though later Ricky said it was because he was kind of drunk…

Y2K FM by Jessie Ann Foley

July 27, 2020

“Illusion never changed/ Into something real” —Natalie Imbruglia, “Torn” Dana crouches before a storage bin in a clammy corner of…

Excerpt: Matt Fitzpatrick’s MATRIARCH GAME

July 16, 2020

“Dammit!!!” Michonne Reilly, for the second time tripped on a sky-reaching root and fell face-first into a three-inch deep slop…

One Question: Matt Fitzpatrick

July 16, 2020

Hypertext Magazine asked Matt Fitzpatrick, author of Matriarch Game, “As Americans, who throughout our history have always felt like the good…

Excerpt: THEY CALL US BOSSY

July 8, 2020

Excerpted from contributions to They Call Us Bossy I’m Speaking: A Forward By Kailah Peters and Meg Harris “The right…

One Question: They Call Us

July 8, 2020

Hypertext Magazine asked the creators of They Call Us, a feminist literary magazine, “What makes you different from other feminist…

Hypertext Interview with Tracy O’Neill

July 8, 2020

By Gee Henry Tracy O’Neill’s second novel Quotients is what used to be called a “systems novel,” which is to…

Excerpt: Chris Green’s AMERICAN GUN: A POEM BY 100 CHICAGOANS

June 4, 2020

Man’s power has always been great, yet so has indifference. When halos head hollow bodies, it’s tragic, part of being human. (93-Michael O’Daniel) Indifference.…

One Question: Chris Green

June 4, 2020

Hypertext Magazine asked Chris Green, editor of American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicagoans, “Why did you use the pantoum…

Excerpt: Timothy S. Miller’s CITY OF HATE

May 21, 2020

By Timothy S. Miller I know he’s dead because part of his skull is missing. I know he’s dead because…

One Question: Timothy S. Miller

May 21, 2020

Hypertext Magazine asked Timothy S. Miller, author of City of Hate, “Are you nervous about alienating potential readers of City…

Hypertext Interview with Sara Rauch

May 7, 2020

By Rachel Swearingen Sara Rauch’s debut short story collection, What Shines From It, released this March by Alternating Current Press, is…

Hypertext Interview With Billy Lombardo

April 29, 2020

Interviewed by Christine Maul Rice Billy Lombardo’s masterfully realized Morning Will Come (Tortoise Books) explores what remains in the…

One Question: Margo Orlando Littell

April 27, 2020

Hypertext Magazine asked Margo Orlando Littell, author of The Distance From Four Points, “How do the harsh, neglectful landlords of Four…

Excerpt: Margo Orlando Littell’s THE DISTANCE FROM FOUR POINTS

April 27, 2020

By Margo Orlando Littell At four the next afternoon, Robin drove to 1118 ½ to collect Anne Sackett’s delinquent rent.…

Above and Beyond Writing Collaboration

April 24, 2020

By Edgar Castan People ask me why I take my dog everywhere. You see, my dog, Maya, is a ten-year-old…