Featured Story
FEATURED STORY: Feeding Time | Jen Soong
The moon is half-full and you are packing the only suitcase you own. Well, it’s your ma’s but she doesn’t know. The exterior is robin’s-egg blue with a hard shell and hairline white cracks zigzagging like lightning. Your neck cranes toward the soft blue interior pockets and you inhale cedar mothballs. You remember near the... Continue reading→
Fiction
Very Good Dog | Zach Powers
We were in Washington DC, in the final few days that DC existed, for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional DiscDog... Continue reading→
On Dressing Well | K. Malwatte
She learns about the dinner party the day before they are to leave. Her father-in-law mentions it in passing, on... Continue reading→
Healing & Fissures | Madeline Anthes
My son is forcing me to do aquatic therapy and he shows up at the front desk of my assisted... Continue reading→
Fresh Catch | Laura Eppinger
In the quaint shore town we all know, with its pastel cafes pedaling espresso and ice cream, you must be... Continue reading→
The In Between | Nikoletta Gjoni
Audrey knew it was fucked up to be both scared of and intrigued by the demon. It slipped out of... Continue reading→
MITHAI | Malavika Praseed
After James Thurber Gupta the chocolatier. White hat and apron, immaculate clean despite the double boilers and piping bags. From... Continue reading→
Featured Interview
Interview With John Vercher
Hannah Grieco, editor-in-chief of the ASP Bulletin, interviews author John Vercher about his new novel Devil is Fine, from Celadon Books. I was introduced to John Vercher’s writing in my MFA program at Randolph College, where I also received the enormous gift of his mentorship. His novels are visceral, immediate, and profoundly honest. They’re generous... Continue reading→
Nonfiction
Mandatory Reporter | Beth Konkoski
I am silent under the October stars. A boy has ridden home on the bus today to a house where... Continue reading→
Shadowboxing | Kirsti MacKenzie
Weigh-in When I started I was romantic about it. Everyone here is a fighter, kind of thing. But romance in... Continue reading→
Bad Boundaries | Suzanna Clores
When I was younger, I hunted men who yearned for deep bar conversations. My habit: find a topic, probe, then... Continue reading→
Memories of Padma | Sayantani Roy
The summer grandfather lies on his deathbed, my uncle takes me in to live with his family in Jangipur. Grandfather... Continue reading→
Friends Forever | Jane Won
“What’s the big deal? Just go knock on her door and ask her to be your friend!” instructed my mom,... Continue reading→
Hillbilly Hot Tub | Emily Marinelli
Excerpt from Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels from the 80s and 90s. Deena and I have beach tote... Continue reading→
Featured Book Review
BOOK REVIEW: Honeymoons in Temporary Locations
Ashley Shelby’s new collection, Honeymoons in Temporary Locations, eases the reader in through the retelling of a Melville story that was formerly about slavery and revolution. In Shelby’s re-imagining, the captives on the arctic boat are polar bears, and the expeditions that have come before the one we observe have been beset by madness -... Continue reading→