Arboreal
Ambika Thompson08.14.13
I grew up as a tree in Camrose. Just off of Marler Drive and Mount Pleasant Drive. In the park on 60th street and 41st Ave. The one with the Starship Enterprise jungle gym. Art by Danny Jock.
Sunora: Part 2
O.B. De Alessi08.09.13
The private world of ten-year-old John is shaken by the unwrapping of his sister’s birthday present, the doll Sunora. The conclusion of a new story written and illustrated by O.B. De Alessi.
Sunora: Part 1
O.B. De Alessi08.08.13
The private world of ten-year-old John is shaken by the unwrapping of his sister’s birthday present, the doll Sunora. The first part of a new story written and illustrated by O.B. De Alessi.
KING OF JOY
Richard Chiem07.15.13
Richard Chiem’s writing is the deep voyeuristic clarity a smoker breathes in outside baggage claim after a long cramped voyage across oceans. Inward, then expansive, perfect in the present. His collection You Private Person is one of our favorites of the year… hell, in years. Here’s something from a forthcoming novel titled King of Joy that includes fire, pitbulls and porn. Art by Danny Jock
HELL YEAH
Scott McClanahan07.10.13
Sarah takes to nursing: an excerpt from The Sarah Book. Art by Danny Jock.
Gulf Coast Deep Game
Eric Nelson04.29.13
An unbiased glimpse of the culture of dog fighting in 1960s Texas: new fiction from Eric Nelson. Art by Danny Jock.
A BLOWJOB IS PROBABLY OUT OF THE QUESTION, EH?
Peter Thompson04.15.13
A review of nudist club-cum-desert resort Buff Valley Sun Club and various aspects of the landscape thereabouts. Names have been changed to protect the guilty.
Dinette
Casey Michael Henry02.21.13
The eroticism is where the consumer finds it. A close-up of table legs: new fiction by Casey Michael Henry. Art by Danny Jock.
Love Story: Frida & Diego & I
Amy Herschleb02.14.13
“Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting” is on exhibit at the High Museum of Art as of Valentine’s Day 2013. This is about the beholder and all that is beheld.
Two Poems
Jaswinder Bolina02.04.13
“In a story about Paris, you shouldn’t mention Paris.” Sheriffs and émigrés: two new poems by Jaswinder Bolina. Art by Danny Jock.
