I watch how his cigarette smoke scribbles letters in the air, enchanted. “Where did you learn that?” I ask. His face is dreamy but not …
Mother Always Wins by Arlene Antoinette
My second love, a Cuban boy with skin as white as paper and curly charcoal hair, adored me from the ends of my nappy braids to the …
Nine Verses of a Batter’s Home Run by Cindy Song
i. Sunlight reflecting off the shattered glass on the boy’s blue duvet blindingly attacks pale walls where laughter once resonated between. ii. A broken trophy case tasting …
Maid of Honor by Kai Raine
The first time I saw him, I was a girl. I only thought I saw a handsome foreigner and a beautiful novelty. I admired his …
The Beginning to the End by Nicole Burton
Being yours was the best thing to ever happen to me. It was spectacular, and my whole world shifted when you walked in, wearing your …
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 …
The Lightness by Kathryn Merwin
The fields were green and brown, speckled with horses and bales of hay. We drove with the windows down — cigarettes for fingers, black ash …
Ruby & Mitch by Emily Ward
INSIDE OF CIRCUS TENT RUBY and MITCH (two teenagers, perhaps no more than 17) are standing around a roped-off area; above them a group of …