INSIGHT

Comfort Nausea

By SOFIE RILEY

I’m in the sunroom of my Minneapolis apartment when my mother tells me she’s been watching Heartstopper.

BACK OF THE ENVELOPE

Excerpt from DEAD BOYS IN SPACE

By SARA YOUNGBLOOD GREGORY

alone but for each other, these exiles put a stopper on one of the most aggressive illnesses in the history of mankind

ESSAY

Quest for the Slappy Man-Hug

By LANE MICHAEL STANLEY

I’m starting to know these guys—so now, when they see me, this parade of tatted-up, newly sober straight men come at me with the Slappy Man-Hug.


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7 Oct 2026

POETRY

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PART(UR)ITION

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The girl with no face / perches / just behind my face.

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MICRO

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Resplendent

By KATHRYN HARGETT-HSU

in verdant stud
of my contused eye

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FICTION

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Spectacular Barbecue

By MADELYN KYE

The Spectacular Barbecue is even better than a party, because everyone is coming, even Uncle John, Aunt Mary, and Luke, all the way from California.

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WIT TEA

a white dog in a grassy area

My Neighbor The Dog

By NOREEN OCAMPO

 Is there any chance you could fix me in the next ten minutes?