Dead Clown by Robb Piggot
“The thing about clowns? You never see them get back into the car.”
On the Creation of Family Lore by Christina Yoseph
“They shared the commonalities of language and home”
Obsessed with Obsession by Vanessa Salemi
“The stove needs to be checked thirty more times, or your mother will artlessly burst into flames.”
Body Positivity (Ish): Thoughts on a Movement by Emily Rapp Black
“I don’t love my body, and this makes me feel like I’m failing”
Larf by Hobie Anthony
“The end results of human endeavors don’t often live up to expectations”
re(mix) by Seneca Basoalto
“She was sucking on her teeth and neglecting the ability to remember what skin was meant to feel like.”
My New Friend by Jessica Wadleigh
“The anxiety that I felt over my gender identity was always latent, ready to present itself at a moment’s notice.”
The Cretaceous Period by Kellye McBride
“Petunia, like other scavengers, wasn’t afraid of a little biological warfare when her livelihood had been threatened.”
His Name Was Abe by Joanna Rose
“I was 19, thought I was in love, knew I was in over my head”
L’Appel Du Vide (The Call of the Void) by Flint
“…I would empty my pockets to him, loose change jangling like the chain around my throat.”
100-Word Stories by Heather Bourbeau
“Somewhere near the shallow end, she saw his Band-Aid float to the bottom.”
Origin Story by Abby Mims
“in the end coming into this world and leaving it is all bodies and blood, constricting, releasing, changing”
The Strange Fauna of the Suburban Pacific by Amy Stuber
“She knew that one need not be deserving of cruelty to receive it.”
The Doe by Brenda Taulbee
“peeling back the thick slab of skin and fat to reveal the red of her”
The SFV Interviews: Jackie, by Karen Hunt
“A deep-rooted fear of abandonment and betrayal still lingers in my consciousness…”
Soil by Karleigh Frisbie
“the way girls play war, with mysteries and clues and some magic.”
The SFV Interviews: Kashmir, by Karen Hunt
“…as I started to experience things like stalking…I learned to fear.”