Paradoxes, Borders, and Tragedies | Lillie E. Franks

"The prison warden says to the prisoner, 'You will be executed sometime during the next week. It will be on a day you do not expect.' The prisoner concludes that they cannot be executed on the last day of the week, or they would expect it..."

A Haunting | Marguerite Alley

"Since the arrival of the ghosts, we have been instructed to shelter in place and feed whatever ghosts arrive on our doorstep. For our roommates who are essential workers, this means little..."

Rent, Gold, and Chicxulub: A Core Sample of Our Deposits | A.T. Yano

"Our dense temperate rainforest convulses from Chicxulub’s impact heard around the globe then lies eerily still. An old Tyrannosaur guards her first successful nest, determined. One peeking snout. Two more. Flustered chirps: a will to live..."

Matter of Days | Amber Burke

"A farewell of last meetings that were not recognized, at the time, as such; a cessation of plans for the completion of incomplete projects; a futility of vengeful thoughts; a surrendering of cherished hostilities..."

Twenty-Four, Candidly | Violet Piper

"you start to repeat your stories; / you sound like your mom / you feel so grateful for your mom you can't stand it..." Violet Piper's work has appeared in Slate, The Blue Mountain Review, Harpur Palate, and elsewhere.

Love in the Knots of the Coptic Stitch | Beth Kephart

"Be aware the flowers will fade, that the fibers in the new paper are the fibers from the old paper, that whomever you were in the original will be whomever you are. There are no blank sheets..."