reviewed by Isaac Fox Sacha Bissonnette’s flash story “The Magician,” which appeared in Jellyfish Review on October 27, centers around a man who learns magic from a book found in […]
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“‘Maybe it’s a good thing in a way’”: Review of Kyle Seibel’s “As Planned, We Stopped for Sandwiches” (Flash Frog, May 16, 2022)
reviewed by Isaac Fox Kyle Seibel’s flash story “As Planned, We Stopped for Sandwiches” begins in a mundane place: a St. Louis deli, where a family has stopped to eat […]
“I’ll teach her how to say goodbye”: Review of Renee Zhan’s “O Black Hole!”
reviewed by Isaac Fox In Renee Zhan’s short film “O Black Hole!”, a woman (Loré Lixenberg) faces a very tragic, very commonplace question: How do I deal with the fact […]
“the angry seeds”: Review of Zoe Raine’s “When My Girlfriend’s Head Becomes an Orange in the Middle of the Night” (Invisible City, March 16, 2022)
reviewed by Isaac Fox Zoe Raine centers her flash story “When My Girlfriend’s Head Becomes an Orange in the Middle of the Night” around a relationship that is messy at […]
Unpacking the Divine Disguise of the Discriminate: A Review of Soon Jones’s “Church Gossip”
Reviewed by Lauren Walters It’s not news that Christianity can be an undoubtedly fraught subject for many queer individuals and writers. Historically, Christian ideologies and various translations of Christian texts […]
“the God of War exhaling through everyone’s lungs at once”: Review of W. Todd Kaneko’s “The Night of the Skywalkers” (Passages North, March 14, 2022)
reviewed by Isaac Fox W. Todd Kaneko’s “The Night of the Skywalkers” is a series of “because”s—a string of answers to unasked questions, of causes without effects. The word “because” […]
“(I fall in love with you again and again and again)”: A Review of Amie Souza Reilly’s “My Husband Knows I Love Pastries from Costco” (HAD, March 8, 2022)
Reviewed by Lauren Walters Amie Souza Reilly’s piece “My Husband Knows I Love Pastries from Costco” crafts an environment that, two years ago, would have been devastating and nearly unheard […]
“lost in transit”: Review of Leigh Chadwick’s “The Story of a Marriage” (Cease, Cows, February 17, 2022)
reviewed by Isaac Fox Leigh Chadwick’s micro-fiction “The Story of a Marriage” is shorter than this review. In only 217 words, Chadwick distills a long-term relationship into a rich allegory […]
Exploring the World of Edible Wonders: Gastro Obscura
reviewed by Leila May Enough soggy salads and jelly sandwiches smashed at the bottom of lunch boxes: it’s time to revitalize our menu. While meals can become part of the […]
“language is always an accomplice”: Review of Genta Nishku’s “basal rosette” (Prolit, January 31, 2022)
reviewed by Isaac Fox Cover art: “The Economy Class” by Abhishek Tuiwala. Prolit, January 31, 2022. In her prose poem “basal rosette,” Genta Nishku shatters an American lifestyle into ten […]