Photographs by Stephen Lopez
April 4, 2015
Intended as a tribute to Lopez’s hometown, Dallas, TX, this series distills moments of compelling beauty found in all manner…
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Hyundai Sonata by John Milas
April 2, 2015
They told me the steering wheel pushed Dan’s jaw through his neck. I had touched his neck a few times…
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Hypertext Interview with Kiese Laymon
March 31, 2015
By Sheree L. Greer Sheree Greer: “You are the Second Person” was our first date, and I knew before you…
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Scenes from the Corporate Life by Fred Skolnik
March 27, 2015
From the wedding A. remembered mostly the food, which he ate heedlessly while Libby strolled around chatting with guests. Libby…
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Summer with Ricardo in Echo Park by Hannah Sward
March 24, 2015
Under the Echo Park summer sun, brown and pale longhaired beauties dress in hand-me-downs from one to the other. Slender…
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Fitting Out by Benjamin Chapman
March 20, 2015
The car in front of me stopped suddenly. It was one of those typically frustrating days in L.A., too, when…
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Witch Houses by Peter Haynes
March 17, 2015
The isthmus is a dusty outcropping the shape of a witch’s finger, a cursing finger. It captures the creeping river…
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A Trip to the Falls by Corey Mesler
March 13, 2015
“His mother had told him a trip was a fall…” — Neil Young This is the Best Part of the…
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The Snow Demons by John Funderburg
March 5, 2015
“Everyone knows that they’re there all the time,” Ada said, a ribbon of steam escaping her mouth. “You just can’t…
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At a Glance
March 2, 2015
BY ILANA MASAD Chapter 1: Lupus at a Glance This guide describes lupus, as well as several related autoimmune diseases.…
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Monument by Jona Whipple
February 26, 2015
He should have remembered the 12th, because of course they’d been putting a bright yellow paper on his windshield every…
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This is a Fragment by Rachel Henry
February 24, 2015
This is a fragment, not an excerpt. One of my earliest memories is the thought that I am the main…
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Hypertext Interview with Chloe Benjamin
February 19, 2015
By Christine Rice Some of my favorite novels twist chronological order and suspend the narrative line – The Bluest Eye,…
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Excerpt from The Anatomy of Dreams by Chloe Benjamin
February 19, 2015
Chapter 1 EUREKA, CALIFORNIA, 1998 When Gabriel returned to me, I was twenty-one, and I was in the middle of…
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Hypertext Interview With Garnett Kilberg Cohen
February 17, 2015
By Christine Rice “A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting,…
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Abstract Faces by Garnett Kilberg Cohen
February 17, 2015
Read “Abstract Faces” in Garnett Kilberg Cohen’s “Swarm to Glory” available from Wiseblood Books. After Greg’s arrest, I searched my…
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Legless and Under Waves by Bahiyyih El-Shabbaz
February 14, 2015
All day I dread the end of it, the knot that will form in my stomach as I climb the…
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Honky Love by Shawn Shiflett
February 13, 2015
Excerpt from ‘Hey, Liberal!’ With Algebra under his belt, Simon weaved down a crowded second-floor hallway in the new building,…
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Be Home Soon by Julie Pimblett
February 12, 2015
Is a single egg enough? He thought cracking one into the frying pan. It seems he’s eating less and less.…
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Buddleia by Louise Palfreyman
February 11, 2015
The corner house looks empty, but I know it is not. By day the boards at its windows give nothing…
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PALM by Alverne Ball and V Ken Marion
February 10, 2015
Alverne Ball is the co-writer of One Nation published by 133art. Recently, Mr. Ball received a 2014 Glyph award as…
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The End of Autumn by Virginia Ilda Baker
February 10, 2015
The last time I saw him, he was twisted up in my bedsheets. It was early, my bedroom was dark…
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Priests, Professors, Coaches, Conquistadors and Astronauts by Kate Weinberg
February 9, 2015
Jamie is back from outer space. He goes every two weeks and comes back balder. I ask him what he…
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Exit Music by Chelsea Laine Wells
February 8, 2015
When you hang the entire weight of your happiness from one person, how they ache to throw you off and…
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Hypertext Interview With Darcey Steinke
February 3, 2015
By Chelsea Laine Wells In her latest novel, Sister Golden Hair, Darcey Steinke investigates, as she says, ‘…how hard it…
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Excerpt from Sister Golden Hair by Darcey Steinke
February 3, 2015
CHAPTER ONE Sandy The Vagabond Motor Lodge sat across the street from the Fiji Island restaurant, wedged between Johnny’s Auto…
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Hypertext Interview With Jessie Ann Foley
January 19, 2015
By Christine Rice Jessie Ann Foley’s young adult novel, The Carnival at Bray (Elephant Rock Books), is complex and dark…
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Excerpt from Jessie Ann Foley’s The Carnival at Bray
January 19, 2015
The carnival at Bray stood huddled against the rain on the rocky coastline of the Irish Sea, the pink and…
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COLD by Ken Rodgers
January 12, 2015
Pop’s breath hung between us as we stood in the skinny aspen trees with their big black spots on bright…
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The Apartment by Doug Shiloh
January 7, 2015
(Chapter 1) (Chapter 2) CHAPTER 3 from the novel POOKOO The Apartment Chicago comes from the word shikaakwa meaning wild…
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