by Adam Rodenberger
Like all nights, this one was muggy and black. It will rain tonight, he thought as he rubbed his arthritic knee. Maybe. No matter how lo... Read More.
by Nita Noveno
Many of the “Indians” — that’s what they call themselves and what we call them too — in our small Alaskan town live in a separate community cal... Read More.
by Sionnain Buckley
Out past the bridge, past the edge of town where the old houses give way to the stretch of firs that continues for a few miles before... Read More.
by Lori Shridhare
Beyond dead. Torsos glazed with epoxy, exuding an icy sheen. A spinal column exposed, its flimsy cord dangling from a robust sacrum. Saffron-t... Read More.
by Tria Chang
Mama was born in the year of the Dog. In the Chinese Zodiac, dogs are known to be loyal and stubborn, of which she was both, but mostly I thought... Read More.
by Lori Lynn Turner
When a group of Alaskan women flew to Washington, D.C. to meet with Senator Lisa Murkowski during the Supreme Court confirmation h... Read More.
by Courtney Young
I got my period two days ago but tell him I’m pregnant anyway. We’re lying half-naked on Tiffany blue sheets, brittle and distant from no ... Read More.
by Susan Dashiell
The heavy door slammed like the hatch of a submarine before descending under water. Anticipating the inevitable scrutiny, I would deal wit... Read More.
by Georgette Eva
Tokador.
When I say the word, there’s hesitation in my voice that I can’t help as soon as the first consonant leaves my tongue. The... Read More.
by Callum Angus
Jenny’s first change, like everybody else’s, was expected. After the requisite meetings with the school’s gender counselor and milk cra... Read More.
by Sharanna Brown
When I got the phone call the third time Daveonte was shot, I knew it was the last. Still, I held my breath. I bit my lip and my leg s... Read More.
by D.A. Navoti
Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from a memoir-in-progress titled One Pima Pilgrim, which chronicles pilgrimages to my tribal motherland thr... Read More.
By Noelle Marie Falcis
In our mythology, there is an origin story about the goddess of the sea, who lives in a place beneath the land, synony... Read More.
In the Beginning I Am Not
your body.
& so I hear
in the beginning I am not
12 & I hear hips swinging a wide bridge
a chorus swelling in the bass
of my ... Read More.
Female While in Mexico
by Paulette Jonguitud
Hers is a country of dead people. All those graves scattered over the hill, the white crosses, the ange... Read More.