Excerpted from The City Above and Below: Song of the Weaver - Book One (2018, Lamplight)
12.11.2387 – Planet Vellus, just outside Alba … read more about The City Above and Below
by Matthew E. Nesheim
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Fiction
The City Above and Below
A Painter’s Secret
by Matt Whelihan
I met Toad during a rough time. I mean, I wasn’t sick or addicted or anything. Nobody I knew had just died, and I wasn’t living on the streets. It was … read more about A Painter’s Secret
by Matt Whelihan
Recognition
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
[Editors' Note: An embryonic version of this piece, titled "Me, the Other," was originally published in Spanish in a small circulation magazine. The … read more about Recognition
by Ignacio Ortiz Monasterio
Poetry
Between Green and Winter Fade
by Laura A. Powers
Barren wheat-fields are quite exquisite in winter—
just one clear night the wind slants the snow
to smooth … read more about Between Green and Winter Fade
by Laura A. Powers
Hoping Gloria’s Nepantla Stuff is Real
by J.M. Hall
Nearing affective death, imagination
builds, like Lantern’s ring,
two grappling hooks. It fires one
to the … read more about Hoping Gloria’s Nepantla Stuff is Real
by J.M. Hall
Manifesto of the Spring
by James Capozzi
You do not have to choose.
At least not in any ultimate way.
If I unpack the poisonous black seeds
wine, … read more about Manifesto of the Spring
by James Capozzi
THE THAW by Ólafur Gunnarsson (translated from the Icelandic by Ólafur Gunnarsson and Steven Meyers)
GNOMIC SAVIORS: EDITORS ON EDITING – HOW DO AN INCREASING NUMBER OF LIT MAGS DEFEND THEIR RELEVANCE?
NONFICTION
Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
The scrap yard at the north end of my long city street hummed like a dystopic anthill, the day I drove up in my 15-year-old … read more about Bike to the Future
by Krista Foss
Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
Academics who study science fiction have typically been fixated on what they see as its privileged relationship with … read more about Some Notes on the Nonexistence of Wakanda
by Gerry Canavan
The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
The only things that remain of his past as a drug dealer are the physical indicators: pocked track marks in the creases of … read more about The Miracle of Ordinary
by Janette Schafer
REVIEWS
Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
THOUSAND STAR HOTEL
by Bao Phi
Coffee House Press (2017)
110 pages
reviewed by Brian Satrom
What authors empathize … read more about Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
(reviewed by Brian Satrom)
Poems in Water by Mary Langer Thompson
(reviewed by Carol Smallwood)
POEMS IN WATER
by Mary Langer Thompson
Green Fuse Poetic Arts (2014)
57 pages
reviewed by Carol Smallwood
Every poetry … read more about Poems in Water by Mary Langer Thompson
(reviewed by Carol Smallwood)
Velvet Rodeo by Kelly McQuain
(reviewed by Marc Frazier)
VELVET RODEO
by Kelly McQuain
Bloom Books (March 2014)
42 pages
reviewed by Marc Frazier
This collection takes us on a … read more about Velvet Rodeo by Kelly McQuain
(reviewed by Marc Frazier)
TRANSLATIONS
The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
Translator’s Note: Under communist rule, the government strongly discouraged celebration of religious holidays. In a … read more about The Snow Kept Falling by Stanislav Stratiev (translated from Russian by Risa Shargel)
[The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
The nightingale is plucking out its feathers. So what if it pulls them all out? I bought you a flower. You said it had … read more about [The nightingale is plucking out its feathers.] by Mirza Sakit (translated from from Azerbaijani by Murad Jalilov and Kevin Rabas)
Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
Mr. Z still had many things to do. He always woke up early and prepared his mind to get them done properly. He looked around … read more about Until the End of Time by Grzegorz Wróblewski (translated from Polish by Peter Burzynski)
INTERVIEWS
Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His poetry has been published in Muzzle, … read more about Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You
Interview with Flash Forward host and producer Rose Eveleth
by Sarah Augusta
Rose Eveleth is a producer, designer, writer, and animator. Currently, Rose is the producer and host of Flash Forward, a … read more about Interview with Flash Forward host and producer Rose Eveleth
by Sarah Augusta
Juan Gelacio interviewed by Robert Joe Stout: Invisible on Paper
An estimated six-and-a-half million Mexican-born citizens live and work in the United States without legal authorization. … read more about Juan Gelacio interviewed by Robert Joe Stout: Invisible on Paper
