Excerpt of Jenny Forrester’s NARROW RIVER, WIDE SKY
May 9, 2017
Chapter Four: A Familiar Kind of Forgiveness BY JENNY FORRESTER In Mancos, the ’70s arrived later. Teachers gave letter grades.…
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ONE QUESTION: Jenny Forrester
May 5, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED JENNY FORRESTER, AUTHOR OF  NARROW RIVER, WIDE SKY, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT…
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Misnomer by Jason Arment
May 2, 2017
Misnomer I didn’t think much of Recruit Marshal. He arrived at boot camp 40 pounds overweight and lost his breath…
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ONE QUESTION:  Patrick O’Neil
April 25, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED PATRICK O’NEIL, AUTHOR OF GUN, NEEDLE, SPOON, “WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WISH YOU’D BEEN ASKED ABOUT YOUR…
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Ghosts on the Dashboard by Leah Tallon
April 18, 2017
There’s an early photo of me as an almost-toddler, shirtless and in a diaper, drinking juice from a Budweiser can.…
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Hypertext Interview With Claudia Casper
April 13, 2017
CONGRATULATIONS CLAUDIA! ON FRIDAY, APRIL 14, THE MERCY JOURNALS WON THE PRESTIGIOUS PHILIP K. DICK AWARD FOR ‘DISTINGUISHED SCIENCE FICTION…
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They Were Very Sick by Calley Nelson
April 12, 2017
The clock above the sink read five minutes later than his watch. Panicking, he ran to the bathroom to retrieve…
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Thirteen Insubordinate Women by Vesna Neskow
April 4, 2017
Fake News: Iphigenia to Marry Achilles Iphigenia is partying with her sisters and her mom. She’s the princess of Mycenae,…
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ONE QUESTION: Nell Stevens
March 30, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED NELL STEVENS, AUTHOR OF BLEAKER HOUSE: CHASING MY NOVEL TO THE END OF THE WORLD, “WHAT QUESTION…
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Job’s Wife by Paulette Livers
March 27, 2017
He already had the bedclothes pulled over the smooth mound of him when he said what he said every night,…
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I Wondered Why He Used One Shot by Chad MacDonald
March 24, 2017
I heard a scream coming from out the kitchen window. My bed springs popped and snapped as I rolled off…
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Have a Lovely Day by Jen Corrigan
March 23, 2017
It was too beautiful a day for anything to really happen. It was the kind of day you see in…
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July Thirty-First by David Bontumasi
March 21, 2017
“Get away from that fence,” the old man yelled across the yard, as he tried to make his way from…
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Meat by Jan Worth-Nelson
March 13, 2017
First Monday out of a job, I slip on sweat pants and go for bargains at the 24-hour superstore. I…
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The Call of Blood by Alex Reece Abbott
March 10, 2017
Hazel tips her brown paper bag and ten green grenades roll across the kitchen counter. She takes one and sniffs…
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Andrew Loves His Wife by Merran Jones
March 8, 2017
“What’s a seven-letter word for ‘ennui’?” Raewyn adjusts her glasses. Andrew lowers the Sunday Times. “Tedious?” “No…” Raewyn frowns at…
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Gnome by Kristen Ploetz
March 6, 2017
Dosis facit venenum / The dose makes the poison – Paracelsus, 1538 Staccato flashes of metallic red caught Ray’s eye…
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Heroes by John McNamara
March 3, 2017
When a day passed without even a card arriving to mark the anniversary, Thomas grew concerned. For eighteen years, Bonnie…
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The Rabbit Matchmakers by Andrew Phillips
March 1, 2017
Loneliness killed Grandpa Charlie. Henry’s father told him this on the day that he dropped him off for the school…
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Fiction by Claudia Cadavid
February 27, 2017
Blood Orange Sidewalks and Cafes Moonshadows trace the cresting ebbs of Lake Michigan. Waters not meant to be searched, are…
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Breaking Point by Alyssa Murphy
February 24, 2017
I’ve been curled up in a ball on my couch for three hours, a position I don’t intend to leave…
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Hypertext Interview With Robert Wilder
February 22, 2017
By Christine Rice Robert Wilder’s novel Nickel focuses on socially awkward Coy doing his damnedest to excavate high school’s treacherous…
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Ms. Paula by James D. Reed
February 14, 2017
I’m secretly in love with and often envision stalking the shoe sales clerk. But once she knows I’m deformed, knows…
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Other Human Hearts by Michael Fischer
February 13, 2017
I’m at a stop sign, taking it way too literally so Heath can open the passenger door and vomit onto…
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The Blameless Divorce by Sarah Ivens Moffett
February 12, 2017
The resentment with which Suzie viewed her husband was all-consuming. If he dared to glance at his phone, or pick…
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Renovations by Ginny Kaczmarek
February 11, 2017
It all began when I wanted to fuck the carpenter. Shirt off, he glistened in the sun, sawdust covering his…
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The Triumphant Return of Maggie Pancake by Jenny Robertson
February 10, 2017
Three girls walked into a bar in Lumbertown. It had been ten years since Maggie Johanssen, thirty-one, last lived in…
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They Did March for Me by Paulette Livers
February 9, 2017
Originally published in PauletteLivers.com. As we settled into bed on the Sunday night after the January 21 Global Women’s March,…
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An Open Letter to President Donald Trump Expressing Deep Regret for My Disrespectful Behavior
February 7, 2017
By Sharon Goldberg Dear President Trump: Congratulations on your historic victory. I admit I watched the election returns in shock…
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Slutty Chris by Christine Ma
February 3, 2017
Last night you dreamed of Portlandia Matt. When you get into your office the next morning, you login to your…
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