Jacob Rivers: They told him that he was either going to jail or going to die from an overdose

The cool edge of the water is just beyond reach, and we’re paddling swiftly to share with you this poem by Jacob Rivers [>>], “They told him that he was either going to jail or going to die from an overdose”:

This poem originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

Sionnain Buckley: Our Eggs

These are dicey times, and we’ve got to know in which basket to put our precious things, which basket we can’t lift. We’re sharing today this fortified short by Sionnain Buckley, “Our Eggs”:

This story originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

KJ Hannah Greenberg: Been There Done That

The traces we leave behind, dear Reader, our variation out of the past. The oldest footsteps in the Americas are 23,000 years young as of this writing. Here’s KJ Hannah Greenberg’s Been There Done That:

This photo originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our storeRead on!

Nadia López García: Ntuchinuu [Eyes]

Observing Indigenous Peoples Day today, we’ve got a wonderful translation rendered by Anthony Seidman of Nadia López García’s poem in mixteco, “Ntuchinuu“—which speaks for itself:

This poem in translation originally appeared in SC #8.1, available in print and ebook formats at our store. A .pdf of López García’s chapbook Ñu’ú vixo / Tierra Mojada (Pluralia Ediciones, 2018) está disponible allíRead on!

Matthew Sterner-Neely: An American and a Half in a Tower

This one’s full of the machinery of empire, dear Reader, its grease and stains. We’re grateful to share Matthew Sterner-Neely’s [>>] “An American and a Half in a Tower“:

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This story originally appeared in SC 7.2, available as an ebookRead on!