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Halloween, 1977 by Ryan Mattern

November 1, 2015

The ghost was crying. It was the 8-track’s fault. See, Patrick was driving to Sheila O’Connor’s Halloween party–which was going…

The Home on the Hill by Samuel J. Baxter

October 31, 2015

Alec Jennings wished for many things. He wished that he hadn’t made so many mistakes over the course of his…

“The Inequivalent” by Krista Steinke

October 30, 2015

BY KRISTA STEINKE I grew up in the Gulf Coast area, and after a long hiatus living elsewhere, I recently…

Excerpt from Joe Meno’s Marvel and a Wonder

October 29, 2015

By Joe Meno The boy was still asleep at seven. The grandfather went downstairs, buttered some toast, ate, then puttered…

Hypertext Interview With Joe Meno

October 27, 2015

By Christine Rice Recently long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal For Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, Joe Meno’s hauntingly lovely,…

Green Sea by Brennan Burnside

October 20, 2015

to Linda D. Benliza 6:20 a.m. Martha closes her eyes as she threads the cap through her fingers. This is…

“On Ripeness and Rot” By Kimberly Witham

October 16, 2015

BY KIMBERLY WITHAM These photographs are a very intimate meditation on beauty, fecundity, fragility and the inevitable march of time. The…

God’s Work

October 14, 2015

BY BEN TANZER “We need a tradition,” Alice says to me, like you can just go and create one whenever…

Ben Tanzer: The Manny’s Delicatessen Interview

October 12, 2015

By Christine Rice Ben Tanzer, as writers like to say, gets his butt in the chair. He is a novelist,…

OBSERVATIONS By BettyAnn Mocek

October 9, 2015

By BettyAnn Mocek AN EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY A SABBATICAL IN NEW YORK CITY, OCTOBER 5-NOVEMBER 23, McCORMICK HALL, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY…

Excerpt from Christine Sneed’s Paris, He Said

October 7, 2015

Chapter 1 Flight As Jayne made final preparations to leave New York for Paris during the first few days of…

Hypertext Interview with Christine Sneed

October 5, 2015

By Christine Rice Christine Sneed is a prose stylist. In her short stories and novels she does with words what Patricia…

Cracked by Charlotte Le Good

October 1, 2015

Silver Sugar Online Matchmaking Service USER CANCELLATION REQUEST [You have submitted your USER CANCELLATION REQUEST to Silver Sugar Online Matchmaking…

Hypertext Interview With Nina Revoyr

September 21, 2015

By Howard Simmons Lost Canyon, Nina Revoyr’s fifth novel, is an adventure story, a thriller, and a character-based investigation of…

Excerpt from Peggy Shinner’s You Feel So Mortal: Essays on the Body

September 9, 2015

An Excerpt from “FAMILY FEET” 1 I have, according to a dubious assemblage of pundits, propagandists, and pseudo- scientists, Jewish…

Hypertext Interview With Peggy Shinner

September 8, 2015

By Christine Rice After reading Peggy Shinner’s You Feel So Mortal: Essays On The Body, my brain felt like it had…

Hypertext Interview With Jillian Lauren

July 2, 2015

By Christine Rice Jillian Lauren is no stranger to risk. She dropped out of college, became addicted to drugs, and…

Excerpt From Jillian Lauren’s Everything You Ever Wanted

July 2, 2015

Prologue There are three kinds of daylight in Los Angeles. There is the midday light—flat and relentless. Usually partnered with…

Ornithology by Connor Ferguson

June 13, 2015

The chock of the axe blow flew across the canyon and returned thinly to die at their feet. The jays…

Paige, an Excerpt from Wedgewood by Emily Kathryn Utter

June 4, 2015

Paige sat up in bed, threw the duvet off her legs, and marched down the hall to the bathroom for…

Hypertext Interview with Abigail Sheaffer of The Vignette Review

June 2, 2015

By Amy Crumbaugh Abigail Sheaffer cut her teeth as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Literati, one of Chicago’s most popular…

Next Stop by Eric Silvera

May 26, 2015

It was a time in their life when every period was a heartbreak. Their hurt recycled monthly. Hope, then reality.…