The memory of you feels so real. It glitters there, in the back of my neck, filtering through marrow & veins & flesh that once …
What If by Rachana Hegde
what if / we could scoop up universes / hold stars in our hands / and forget our pain what if / love wasn’t a …
Kissing Boys That Taste Like Ink and Spitting Fire in Motel Sinks by Lindsey Hobart
The first boy I kiss doesn’t write. He doesn’t understand why my bedroom walls tell stories that are sixteen years too long. He does not …
PBR by Phoebe Lyons
That night, I slipped out of the house with my hair in knots and toasted my DARE officer with a Coors Light from the passenger …
Unwanted Thoughts by Kerene Ng
Do the insane care too much? When they think of something And they wonder how others might feel Ricocheting back and forth between thoughts like these …
A Prayer for My Imaginary Little Sister by Shannon J. Curtin
Congratulations, Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, little sister, here’s my wish list. My litany of lessons, my book of prayers, the incantations I say in your …
For All the Girls with Messy Hearts, and to the Men Whose Skin Have Tasted Mine by Sade Andria Zabala
Let’s be honest here — I am not the girl men fall in love with. I am the girl that men want to fuck. I …
Three Rooms by Emily Ward
I didn’t learn how to tie my shoelaces until I was twelve and three-quarters — I was used to loving the mud between my toes, …
The first step in taming a fox by Myrtle Yvonne
Let’s skip the pleasantries and obligated polite remarks. I want to know you. I want you to tell me the things that you are afraid …