Strange. Surreal. Shocking. Beautiful.
Issue 131—May 2022
Art by Reza Afshar
Musings from Maryland
by Lesley Conner
Hoodie
by Tonya Liburd
A Monster in the Shape of a Boy
by Hannah Yang
The Fruit of the Princess Tree
by Sage Tyrtle
Americana!
by Sam Asher
In the Monster's Mouth
by Tim Waggoner (Available 6/7)
Shevitsa
by Koji A. Dae (Available 6/9)
Simbiyu and the Nameless
by Eugen Bacon (Available 6/14)
As the Sun Dies
by Jaym Gates (Available 6/16)
You in Your Headmeats
by Errick Nunnally
Mysterious Island
by Jeffrey Ford
Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review
by A.C. Wise (Available 6/21)
Book Review: Wendy, Darling by AC Wise
by Marie Croke (Available 6/21)
Book Review: Inheriting Her Ghosts by S.H. Cooper
by Tracy Robinson (Available 6/21)
Interview with Author Hannah Yang
by Andrea Johnson
Interview with Author Sam Asher
by Andrea Johnson (Available 5/28)
Interview with Artist Reza Afshar
by Bradley Powers (Available 6/23)
We are sad to let you all know that due to an unforeseen schedule conflict, we’ve had to cancel the upcoming Snap Judgment event. We’re working hard to reschedule and hope to have some exciting announcements for you in the future. Our biggest apologies to those of you...
Snap Judgment Episode 4 Special Guest and Submissions
The man smooths over his mustache like it accentuates his Americanness, which it sort of does, and lifts the brim of his old Portland Sea Dogs cap to show his forehead, which I suppose he considers to be authentically American, like it has a mark of the treasury on it. He has the stim-marks behind the ears that tell me he’s a junkie, for splug, or wobble, or germ. Which is why he’s selling his rifle, I’m sure.
Songbirds swoop around the Tree, but never alight there. There is nothing to eat. Princess Five nibbles her white glove. Princess Fourteen forces her sapphire ring over the joint of her thumb to make herself cry, so she can taste the salt of her tears. Princess Two waits until everyone is asleep and tries to eat a candy-pink petal. It hurts and tastes of blood.