February 2025
In this issue
Contents
A Necessary Interlude
Mansi looks at them. They seem terrified. A sense of guilt starts seeping into her heart.
Asit, the Horizontal
There was no brain death. Even the night of the full moon came and went, but his brain had other plans.
Instructions on Falling
I had my first seizure age 14. This created another original fear.
Chlorine Fever
Only the car door and that chain-link fence separate me from the most glorious
Crossroads
She was determined to get the shop closed. It was destroying too many families.
The Sinners, 1969
The next day I wrote myself a check for $400, detasseling money from the summer,
La Douleur
Ours was a space, gray amoebic and moss-soft.
River Rock
The last time we met, he read me a line about how life is good though not fair.
Everybody Leaves
Today, on the broken-tiles of your sleeping house, we are both in the clouds again.
Coherence
She loved the sound so much, she did all the gutting after that. I enjoyed the feeling of washing the dishes,
Gulab Jamun
Not a day goes by without the auto horns, Or the political instability, Or chai,
i think of you often and fondly
it’s not like you’re the one that got away— i let you go, i let you go, i let you go