216 pages

Issue No. 127

In This Issue

Fiction
“Easier in Others” by Rose Himber Howse:
A young couple in peril accepts a ride from a trucker. “The man leaned over and opened the passenger door. You girls alright?”

“Flight of the Dodo” by Will Boast:
On a mission far from Earth, the force of attraction still applies. “He stripped down to his underwear, a pair of red and white briefs. She took in his taut, chiseled body. Plenty of time on his hands for exercise, it appeared.”

“Working Life” by Hannah Kingsley-Ma:
Managing a new team at the office (and checking in on a recently fired coworker) brings simmering questions about work—and life—to the surface. “I had taken the girl who always cried at work under my wing. I had decided I was her mentor. She seemed resistant, but my god, didn’t she need one?”

And more fiction by Nadia Davids, Molly Giles, Jane Gillette, Nazlı Koca, Cate Lycurgus, Lou Mathews, and Megan Padilla

Poetry
Rafael Alcides (translated by Pablo Medina), James Cagney, Ron Slate, Susana Villalba (translated by Robin Myers)

Nonfiction
Glen David Gold on San Diego Comic Con—and the psychology of acquisition

In Conversation
Manuel Muñoz talks to Joan Silber about taking the long view of the writing life; crafting time in short fiction; and her fictional characters, all of whom are important, no matter how minor.

Art
Clare Rojas