Snapshots from the Edge: A Series by Rose Cooper-Finger
In late August 2014 I packed up and moved from Seattle to the small town of Görlitz, in Germany. I knew almost nothing about the town...
"Encryptions" by Alexis Takahashi
*trigger warning: eating disorder *** Before, when passing a mirror I would lean in, gazing at the soft curves of my eyes, and think in a...
"AT TWENTY-SIX" by Jennifer Wineke
On my 26th birthday, a few days shy of 2015, I broke up with my boyfriend of almost three years, acting mostly on a gut feeling that it...
"The Golden Hour" by Rachel Davidson
Adhering to the destiny of her name, Stella felt content flying through the sky. She read a Murakami novel, turning bleached thin pages...
"Both in the Grand Canyon HQ at Sundown" by Ella Schwalb
Winnie saw the Grand Canyon in real life for the first time when she was 9, the summer after 3rd grade. Her mother had been a ranger...
"Coarse" by Nikki Broderick
Okay, sweetheart, just lay on this table right here. Oh, wow, you’re so red! You’ve got a sweaty forehead, there! Are you sunburned? Did...
MORF: designs by Madison Boutilier and Lisa Phillips
Though by day we are architecture students, we took on a little side project where we applied architectural principles to the world of...
"Propinquity in Four Parts" by Regina Mogilevskaya
1. There is whiskey in my cup and everyone’s mouths are moving, just not in my direction. I’m about to take a sip when someone sits on...
"1995/2015" by Winona Bechtle
I'm fairly certain it is stitched on a pillow somewhere that life happens in all those in-between moments when you're not making massive...
"Thinspiration! Realizing waif status through self-loathing" by S.R.
Tuesday Home, smoking, with two friends. Friend #1 (female) leaves. Friend #2 (male) and I sit in silence until he slides over and...