family dinner – MAGAZINE

Selective Memory by Taryn Miller

Posted on Feb 23, 2017Mar 22, 2017 by Germ Magazine guest author

These are the stories we tell each other when gathered around the Thanksgiving dinner table, laughter piled on top of the cranberry sauce: The time Daniel trapped the Fairy Barbie on the roof. When I fell through a tree branch and dangled by my neck until Mom could find help. What we don’t say: the […]

obesophobia by Charlotte Covey

Posted on Jan 3, 2016Jan 17, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

my organs are rotting from the inside. all i can do is rip them out, feathers in a pillow. bones pop. all i can do is throw them in the trash, smile. teeth fall. i count them one by one. tangible proof, two grams each. hide in the bathroom, try to stay safe. the kitchen […]