Ejectioning Joseph Gordon The first time I saw the flea willowing. That was in August. That flea, like some drunken sun, so timid, taxed—spent seconds each morning. Fleaodore, I knew him as, though he never bothered with anything else. That was the first time. In August. He scurried out of the cracks in some errant…
Review of Small Creatures/Wide Field by John Mortara Emily Kiernan John Mortara’s Small Creatures/Wide Field (theNewerYork Press) is a good-humored—at moments even celebratory—adventure through the nostalgia-soaked, meme-inspired, and often self-aggrandizing quest that is contemporary coming of age. Taking the form of a digital Choose Your Own Adventure, Small Creatures/Wide Field places the reader in…
Four Wintu Tales Steve Gilmartin Author’s Note: These four pieces spring from linguist Alice Shepherd’s English translations of northern California Wintu tales told to her by tribe member Grace McKibbin. Shepherd’s process was to make preliminary, syntax-free, word-by-word translations, which she would then fashion into a finished narrative. In crafting my versions, I made sure…
Kissing the Sky Gina Williams When I left, there were only two white rhinos remaining on earth. War, famine, murder, disease, overpopulation, mass extinctions. I didn’t want to die there. So I donated my body to science. I like my comfy little climate-controlled coffin. I can stand up and lie down as I please. When…
Living in Fog Youssef Alaoui-Fdili Diary of The Last Days of Forrest Pike Brougham III, Deckhand; H.M.S. Gouliot. December 17, 1826 Living in fog is more difficult than it would seem. Our course was laid before we began. The crew has been asking questions, but our Captain remains confident. It is neither dark nor light…
