The Waiting Room

Let us begin by delimiting the fat man: to the north, the tip of his bowler; to the south, the tips of his boots; to the east and west, the far edges of hat, ears, neck, shoulders, arms, hips, thighs, legs, feet.

August

This man was unbearable, but because he was the first person to be sufficiently violent with me during sex, I let it go on longer than I should. - Anika Jade Levy

Mrs. Diet Coke

"The whole he-had-his-whole-life-ahead-of-him sob story is such a cliché. The only difference between croaking young and dying old is your adjectives: pretty with potential or wrinkled with regret. At least Bryce looked hot in his casket."

The Perfect Length

The line between life and fiction is blurred when an MFA student turns her writing class into a short story

The King

In this 1921 story by Isaac Babel, a “king” of gangsters is informed of an imminent police raid as he prepares to host a Jewish wedding feast.