Put every person on earth into space. This way they’ll see our orb for what it is, a brittle particle in a vast and infinite blank nothing. We’ll send one person at a time. Everything has more meaning when you’re alone.
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Hypoxic Euphoria by Ellee Achten
I watched sound escape me in wobbling circles of air, my body moving farther from my voice and from the surface where my calls popped without being heard.
Read MoreYou Can't Have It All by Caits Meissner
You can't have it all. But you can have a window, a light switched on, a door to close. You can find a clear pool in the mind to dip your toes clean as a fish.
Read MoreWe, Little Griefs by Brit Barnhouse
Who knew sand could inspire We
baked in the sun I climbed into caves
My Strangest Breakup by Vera Claeys
Vera Claeys is an interdisciplinary creative based in Davis, CA by way of Austin, TX. She has been published in Nasty Magazine, curated a photo exhibit entitled, Golden Doubts, and collaborated on an art installation for Hive Arts Collective in Austin, Texas.
She currently works for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as an event manager. Her zine entitled "Cool, Calm, and Rejected," will be published later this year.
veraclaeys.com
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Neighbor by Virginia Marshall
Virginia Marshall is a writer and audio producer. Her work has been published in The Harvard Review, Brevity, Atlas Obscura, and has aired on NPR and WBUR.
Take your medicine by elizabeth zaleski, illustrations by kevin abt & chad miller
You know those old public service announcements about your brain on drugs?
The egg sizzling in the skillet. Your metaphorical brain--fried.
I think about those commercials a lot.
Tone by Kristine Langley Mahler and Kevin Mahler
You conjure up cruelty, sketch it:
the wires binding should demonstrate your value,
so close it's like lust.
Femme Fatale by Felicia Rose Chavez
By Felicia Rose Chavez
Felicia Rose Chavez is a digital storyteller whose work features regularly on National Public Radio. She holds an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. Former Program Director to Young Chicago Authors and founder of GirlSpeak, a literary webzine for young women, Felicia teaches creative writing and new media as a Riley Scholar-in-Residence at Colorado College. Find her at www.feliciarosechavez.com.
Thanks for Finally Joining the 20th Century, Since It's Already Over by Marta Balcewicz
I'm enrolled in a creative writing MFA in southern California. Each Wednesday, my fiction workshop prof arrives at school in his time machine.
Read MoreWhen All Is Dark by Rachel Luria and Beverly Luria
Story: Rachel Luria
Art: Beverly Luria