Stasis, Ian Goh
“No moons in orbit meant there was no tug / on the heartstrings, no pull of the unknown”
Fangs, Marc Tweed
“She figures there must be someone else awake at this hour, some other family vacationing here who is watching this? I mean, what the heck, she whispers. But everywhere around her is empty of human beings.”
Tanka in Half-Light, Ashley Crout
“angling shadows on my face, / my circles of sight,”
To the person who stabbed me while I was sitting on my fire escape,
Jane-Rebecca Cannarella
“Freckled scars / are imprints of dears or deer— / exit wounds over my body:”
Over the Board, Davis MacMillan
“A shadow appears in the shape of a person. It’s black, and the background around it is black as well, but in a way that seems to buzz. The video comes on with a sound like breathing. The figure speaks. ‘Hey Jesse,’ it says. ‘Seems like you like chess.'”
Futuristic Funerals, Dante Novario
“Ground into delicious coffee beans / Sprinkled throughout only the best Guatemalan blends, light or dark”