from d r e a m e d, a dictionary Tori Grant Welhouse e • vis • cer • ate 1: She drew from her mouth, fletching down the arrow. 2: Letting go, the shot deprived the air of hesitation. 3: The strike point pierced the heart, lungs, inflating the woods with breath: woman, huntress….
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…
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…
Siren Song Allison Hymas The first ocean wave of the year came late past midnight on March twenty-fourth. It shook the foundations of Seaside, Nebraska’s small courthouse, flooded the dance clubs and late-night diners, and broke over sleeping bodies before ebbing and returning to the black abyss it came from. Its white foam hissed of…
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…
