Issue 64: 14 June 2018

Bathsheba wants to write #metoo

By Crystal Stone   Her husband enlisted: eager to fight, eager to serve. She was a good wife, accepted this. She could argue, but why fight? The last night the sun set pale in their wine by the garden. The last kiss was fragile—lips thin and chapped with goodbyes. In his absence, she bathed behind […]

A Dystopian Declaration

By David H. Reinarz   Following close on the heels of a surprisingly resurgent 45th President and the disappointing turnout by the Resistance in the 2018 mid-term elections, due to chaos fatigue and disorganization, the extremist wing of the Republican Party swept into even greater power in Washington, D.C. This document was issued by the […]

War

By Rachel Custer   In the same way that an old man without a home is more likely to be bearded, war shuffles first into small towns. Picks up cans ‘longside the rurr-route. War knocks first on the faded doors of the poor. He’s a carnival barker, this one, his eyes full of young men […]

“We have Eric Garner’s air in our lungs tonight” – Andrea Gibson

By Eve Lyons   1.    Justin Damico Some say he’d just broken up a fight Some say he was selling loosies We’ve seen him hanging out here before Always up to no good Always looking to start trouble. Damn you, Daniel, damn your pride. Now we’re both stuck on desk duty. 2.    Ramsey […]