Ghosts Aren’t Real by Eric Mitchel Brown
He heard a shifting above his head. A settling in the ceiling. More of a shove, really, laced with the sound of a dragging cord. Like a knotted rope being pulled from a main hull. He paused and waited,
We Were Never Lovers and we both know if it wasn’t for the vodka and that extra shot of rum you wouldn’t have walked me home, and you wouldn’t be
So, you win the lotto, science evolves, and some other supernatural shit happens and you score a magic time machine sex machine. This thing looks like
Searching for Marvin Gaye Wet face, tired arms, sore throat. Look at you carrying on, carrying the dead weight that Zora said you would. Put him down, he’s
The Nigerian study-abroad student sat facing her laptop, somewhat hypnotized by the cursor’s blinking metronome. Beginning an essay was always the most
Since the car crash, Lisa’s love life had cycled in strict monthly units. They strung together like cheap Christmas lights on cinder block dorm walls:
Wallets How often wallets open for women wilting green paper like the tongues of tired dogs placating the hands of their masters But what do we command that
He heard a shifting above his head. A settling in the ceiling. More of a shove, really, laced with the sound of a dragging cord. Like a knotted rope being pulled from a main hull. He paused and waited,
happy aesthetic couple He beat his former mistress, his wife, with a microphone. She bore whippletree lashes and slurped bruises, speaking deadly of mediocre fidelity. Her lashes batted to stand in for
Okwuchukwu is going to America. He doesn’t even know what he’s going there to do, but he’s going. He knows he won’t be idle. His mother has been there since 2001, babysitting and sending dollars