Gabo Prize Winner
Trauma 4DX
by Hendri Yulius Wijaya, translated by Edward Gunawan
no stalker got you under his skin
trauma acquired from cinema conglomerates
for our bodies to be more responsive
to all the vibrations and sounds from the screen
in your mind the 4DX movie theater opens its doors wide
VVIP just for you
without any other visitor and admission is free
the darkened projection hissed along to the air conditioner:
“Sisss … Sssy …” […]
Young Adult
Silver Mints
Mari Katherine Prieto
Ms. Finch always looked so clean, especially standing next to us. We were a rough bunch of kids. We combed our hair and washed our faces but were hardly as polished as Ms. Finch. On that hot September day, she wore a gray skirt with tiny silver buttons shaped like rose buds. I so wanted to touch one. As she walked past me, she smelled like Ivory soap, the kind my dad used for church, and her polished heels clicked on the hardwood floors. I smiled up at her and she smiled back with straight, white teeth. […]
Fiction
Restitution City
by Pia Quintano
They came to Restitution City for a couple of reasons. For one thing, the water that came up out of deep wells in the dry terrain was naturally fizzy, said to contain a higher degree of antioxidants and minerals than the average spring water. […]
Lunch Special
Nothing is Wasted: Poet Ellen Bass on Craft
Interviewed by Scott LaMascus
Ellen Bass is gathering fresh acclaim for the poems of her collection Indigo (Copper Canyon 2020), but she is already well known as the prize-winning poet of Mules of Love (2002), The Human Line (2007), and Like a Beggar (2014). […]
Flash Prose
Sweet Tooth
Melissa Fitzpatrick
Tilted back in her recliner, Rachel’s mother has the look of a petulant child. Feet up, arms crossed. Pouting. […]
Interview
Trust Your Gut: An Interview with Tom Schulman
Interviewed by Kevin J. Cummins
Tom Schulman won an Academy Award for his screenplay Dead Poets Society, a film also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Weir), and Best Actor (Robin Williams). His new movie, Double Down South, is the second film Schulman directed as well as wrote. […]
