Jennifer Popa Pity the Mammal Who Accepted the Blessing That Was Never Hers to Keep If I should have a daughter I will name her Sylvia and we will wait for the day when she will kill herself. Some day. Some distant day we hope. We brim with hope in this game of pretend. […]
Category: Winter 2021 – Fiction
Vincent Yu – Private Illusions
Vincent Yu Private Illusions Even in the dead of winter, when the house was black and the wind angry, my father would nudge me awake and help me dress in my snow pants and thick jacket, pull the gloves over my fingers, and slip my feet into boots still stiff with cold. We […]
Wynne Hungerford – It Comes to This
Wynne Hungerford It Comes to This In the middle of the night, Melanie had to wake up her husband and say, “I wet the bed.” It made her feel like a child all over again. She went in the bathroom, wiped herself with a damp cloth, and changed into a clean set of pajamas. […]
