There is a Light That Never Goes Out by Patricia Ann McNair
February 14, 2014
(with apologies and appreciation to Morrissey) My father died when I was fifteen years old; I was still a virgin.…
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Romantic Strategies for Cheaters by Geoff Hyatt
February 14, 2014
I.   Rationalizations It’s hard to feel good about yourself when you’re a cheater. That’s a problem. If you feel too…
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Just Down Route 30 by Deb R. Lewis
February 14, 2014
“I’m going to a party,” Neva said. When I looked, her green eyes were sizing me up. “It’s just down…
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Victoria Woodbury in the Grand Home of Her Very Rich In-Laws by Eric Charles May
February 14, 2014
Tall, stately, darkly caramel, wearing a navy blue evening dress with her hair up and feet in high heels, Victoria…
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Some Bunny Doesn’t Want You by Cyn Vargas
February 14, 2014
I met Rudy on the #11 Lincoln Avenue bus after I had finished my shift at Goldblatts. The bus doors…
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No Photo Available by Sahar Mustafah
February 14, 2014
Rifling through the underwear clearance bin, my mother says to me, “My great-aunt Fatima couldn’t get pregnant for ten years,…
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The Birds and the Bees by Randy Richardson
February 14, 2014
A recurring character on the long-running children’s TV series Romper Room was Mr. Do-Bee, an oversized bumblebee who taught children…
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What It Means to be a Single Woman Again in Your Thirties by Noelle Aleksandra Hufnagel
February 14, 2014
1. For a brief moment, you will think you are Beyoncé. You are not Beyoncé. Get this idea out of…
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@Love by Matt Martin
February 14, 2014
Love is hard in 2014. Before I go any further, I would just like to say, that no, I am…
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Hypertext Interview with Elizabeth Earley
February 6, 2014
By Christine Rice In my mind’s eye, I see Elizabeth Earley waiting for class to start, leaning forward in her…
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Excerpt From Elizabeth Earley’s A Map of Everything
February 6, 2014
69. Thulium (Lanthanoid; Primordial; Solid) Take your sister out to dinner somewhere she will like, the Olive Garden or the…
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Possible Histories of Leroy Paige by Will McGrath
February 5, 2014
Leroy Paige sleeps in an ancient RV, a great beige behemoth with siding coming undone and rust creeping from the…
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Why I Let My Students Text In Class by Jessie Foley
January 31, 2014
In 2005, when I began teaching high school, social media was just emerging. Only 34 million Americans owned a cell…
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Women & Children First
January 31, 2014
By Cassie Sheets Whenever I visit Andersonville, I cling to the arm of a friend (if no friend is available…
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Forties on a Street Corner with O.R. They
January 29, 2014
By Matt Martin Despite Chicago’s winter wonderland, I had to get back to the streets.  And what better way to…
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Excerpt from Mason Johnson’s Sad Robot Stories
January 18, 2014
“Robot,” Sally always greeted Robot as his bulky, copper-colored body stood on the stoop of her home. “You don’t need…
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All the Forms of Vacare by B.D. Fischer
January 18, 2014
The argument that it was the man’s devotion: He took the pictures because she asked. Years ago at his bachelor…
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Sippin’ on Tall Boys via the Interweb with Chris Terry
January 15, 2014
By Matt Martin Chris Terry is a big deal.  His first novel, Zero Fade, has received rave reviews from Slate…
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Excerpt From Chris Terry’s Zero Fade
January 15, 2014
Those Guesses My legs were pins and needles. I walked into the girls’ clothing store, fingering the folded-up ten in…
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The Physical and Mental Prowess of Defectives by Dawn Wilson
January 12, 2014
Bob could fold sheets. He could do it real swell. Crisp. He would spend upwards of two hours on a…
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Hypertext Interview with Luis Jaramillo
January 9, 2014
By Sahar Mustafah The Doctor’s Wife by Luis Jaramillo won the Dzanc Short Story Collection contest and was published in…
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Hypertext Interview with Eugene Cross
January 8, 2014
By Allison Sobczak It was around this time last year, on one of my many random excursions to the bookstore,…
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Hypertext Interview with Jim Gavin
January 6, 2014
By Sahar Mustafah Jim Gavin’s short story collection debut Middle Men offers a tragic, yet often humorous array of characters…
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The World’s Tiniest String Quartet by Jasmine Neosh
December 30, 2013
“There are different degrees of mutilation and some are more pointless than others,” she says, pulling delicately at a silk…
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Grape Juice in a Catholic Church Parking Lot with Jessie Foley
December 30, 2013
By Matt Martin When bitter winds moved the good times inside, Six Packs in the Park became Malort in a…
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Best Lasagna Ever by Viki Gonia
December 28, 2013
This will make 3 large, deep pans of lasagna. I could try to figure out how to adjust it for…
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Claire Vaye Watkins’s Battleborn
December 26, 2013
By Sahar Mustafah There has been much lamentation about the decline of the short story collection. If it’s not an…
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I was Stalked in High School by Amber Drea
December 23, 2013
I grew up in Eastern Connecticut and spent my teenage years in a small, working-class, rural town. In junior high,…
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Six Pack in the Park: Mason Johnson
December 19, 2013
By Matt Martin Cole’s Bar doesn’t necessarily fit the bill of trendy Logan Square.  The sign out front is nice, no…
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Hypertext Interview with Black Bear/Brown Bear
December 17, 2013
By Jessie Foley By day, Sergio Santillan is an English teacher at Taft High School in Chicago. By night, he…
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