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Isabel, The Damaged  by KARL R. DE MESA

In her dreams of November Isabel was always free. Consider: November in the district of Novaliches is the perfect medias res.

Mulligan Stew Recipes  by JNANA HODSON

2 December 2002
Vol. 2, No. 4

Trains run late. They always run late. Do they even have a schedule?

Humanimal  by DAVID BARRINGER

2 December 2002
Vol. 2, No. 4
experimental

Their legs are trees. He jaguars into the room. He stalks in pajamouflage. A tree root guts him with an upkick, flips him, stunned. He looks up like he's down in the lesson tub looking up at Father. A man's smile wavers in a whiskey glass.

Choppers  by MICHAEL ARNZEN

2 December 2002
Vol. 2, No. 4
experimental

She's so angry with me, the scissors buttermelt from the friction when I cut her hair. She fruitchecks my cheek and hostage negotiates the soggy clippers out of my hand.

When You Got Somebody  by CLINT MEADOWS

2 September 2002
Vol. 2, No. 3

Twenty minutes until my brother's wedding and I'm drunk and my mouth is hot and thick with vomit.

Tough All Over  by CRAIG BUTLER

2 September 2002
Vol. 2, No. 3

The enamel market isn't what it used to be. And with the cost of raw materials up through the roof, I don't know how much longer I can stay in this business. Profit margins can only shrink so much, you know.

Ice Cream  by SARAH MONTAGUE

He posed and I photographed him in our hallway on Mercer Street, so pleased by the fact that we had one. The microwave was shiny and white and built in under the counter, suspended, with bright blue numbers that kept time.

Electrosuede  by MARNI BOREK

2 June 2002
Vol. 2, No. 2

The apartment is 450 square feet but isn't square at all. We learned to cut corners…

Inside  by KEVIN LAVEY

2 March 2002
Vol. 2, No. 1

I am awake this morning and in the next room I think my sister Kelly is still asleep. I think that she is sleeping but who knows because she is not sending signals to me anymore. This is the story.

Down in the Cellar  by HOLLY CHASE WILLIAMS

2 December 2001
Vol. 1
horror

After a tour of Jim's house, from which all traces of his partner Colin were carefully removed, his father asked to see the wine cellar with its ancient vintages. It was rumored to be haunted.

Lack of Time, Waste of Time  by SEAN ADEN LOVELACE

2 December 2001
Vol. 1

Sometimes I'll be at a party so drunk I feel normal and some girl always some tall girl will hold up her glass and say something vague like we all drink to find worlds we can rule and I'm like please come on please come on give me a break please and then she'll say…

America: An Atlas  by SEAN ADEN LOVELACE

2 December 2001
Vol. 1

Helpful hint: Its blood is Nin, ten, and dough.

Helpful hint: The highways run even from east to west. It is the tire, bumper, and chrome of all time. Ask about discounts at chain hotels…

 

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