Gaurav Dewani 10/18/22 Gaurav Dewani 10/18/22

Butt Waxing: A Cheeky Ass Experience

"Yes – it was my ass. An ass that needed grooming. " In this comedic essay – nearly a standup skit – Gaurav Dewani recounts his first butt-waxing experience

Sondra R. Brooks 10/17/22 Sondra R. Brooks 10/17/22

Spectacular Faults

TW: physical and sexual abuse

An excerpt from Sondra R. Brooks’ unpublished memoir, this personal essay paints a childhood haunted by the damaging spectre of hypermasculine, alpha father figures

Benjamin Kirby 7/25/22 Benjamin Kirby 7/25/22

Ladies and Gentleman, Your In-Flight Entertainment for this Evening: Late Capitalistic Nausea

Benjamin Kirby’s humorous essay takes us through the absurdity of a six-and-a-half hour Emirates flight

Connor White 10/28/21 Connor White 10/28/21

The Great Chalkboard War

A short, spiky story detailing a catastrophic event at a school

Vongai Mlambo 8/4/20 Vongai Mlambo 8/4/20

Chest Pain

"The diagnosis was Enlarged Heart Syndrome. I failed to understand why they intoned the news like they were reporting a death—I agreed with the diagnosis ..." – new in fiction by Vongai Mlambo.

Scout Satterfield 8/4/20 Scout Satterfield 8/4/20

Red Dirt

“A diner surrounded by dirt is the perfect place for peculiar things” – new fiction set in Arizona, by Scout Satterfield.

Aathma Nirmala Dious 2/9/20 Aathma Nirmala Dious 2/9/20

Planting M&Ms

A new prose poem on life as an immigrant in the Gulf, by Aathma Nirmala Dious.