MAYDAY

Further Reading

Totally Undone but Singing
by P. J. Williams

for Shuqualak, Mississippi Whereas the sea creates music, the sky can also bend to the ground & strum the earth apart, leave it totally undone but singing. Afterward, the space the storm leaves between ground & cloud fills with saw teeth & spinning lights. They have a way of cleaning things— of rubbing the sky […]

The Hill
by Yuriko Miyamoto, translated from the Japanese by Joanne Dare

Translator’s Note The three years Yuriko Miyamoto (1899-1951) spent in Moscow had a profound effect on her life and work. Although still in her twenties, she was already an acclaimed novelist when in 1927 she set out for the Soviet Union with her female lover Yoshiko Yuasa (the “friend” mentioned in the text). She returned […]

Despair Descended First
by Ulysses Hill

This story is a product of the MAYDAY:Black Incubator.   It doesn’t take long for a child to realize they’re poor. No longer than the moment they’re exposed to something more. I was in the fifth grade.  After waiting in line for an hour at a charity event, I received just one present, an astronaut […]

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