“We: Nothing”
By Violet Piper
"He grabbed the central vertical pole with both hands and thrashed toward and away from it, screaming, 'FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU FUCKYOU!'"
“To Work, When The World Breaks Your Heart”
By Anna Nguyen
"She never asks what I write about. I don’t have the verbal fluency to describe to her what it is that I write."
“Sonnet About Colin Farrell,” “Sonnet for Henry”
by Adam Spiegelman
"We know all about the quality of mercy How it disappears like spun sugar on a tongue– no, like something else"
“Sam Sulek”
By Durian Gourd
"I expected the parade of unhealthy foods to start coming down the conveyor belt once again but instead he looked me in the eye and grinned wide, walking right past the register like a douchebag in an F-650 pickup truck blowing past a stop sign."