“I’ve always been a fan of restraint, in both literature and life—what’s held back, what’s not said, the untold story unfolding and germinating underneath the main action. I’m a fan of the short stories of Adam Haslett, Amy Hempel and Neil Smith (among many, many others) for this reason...
Nicola Harwood Note about names and pronouns: Names have been changed in this story to protect privacy. Around the age of seventeen, Antwan changed her name and asked to be referred to as female. She has asked that we use male pronouns when referring to the times before then when she still...
by Jules Bentley R.W. Gray’s second book of short stories, Entropic, is the work of a writer exploring his gifts. Gray excels at articulating a state of pained, disempowered longing. It’s not lust, precisely, although it sometimes finds a subrogate in lust. It’s an...
I came out of the closet in grade nine on the basis of my attraction to men, which was undeniable
Interview by Matthew Walsh Sassafras Lowrey’s most recent novel, Lost Boi, was released a few months ago with Arsenal Pulp Press, and it has already gone into a second printing. Lowrey has even been recognized on the streets of Brooklyn, where they live, by fans of the book, which takes the fairy...
Jade McGregor When I say poetry saved my life I should mention other forces– by 1999 all the cars cruising the kiddie stroll had power lock doors, crystal meth turned the girls —Amber Dawn, titular piece, How Poetry Saved My Life My mother lived beside herself in fear I...
