Genesis Somewhere in the Old Testament, mankind lost its way, so God brought on a flood and started again. This supports my theory about writers and gods: we never get it right on the first try. Rebecca Cohen is a graduate of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, where she…
Author: editoratthesame
Issue 11.2 – Nonfiction
Existential crisis. A crisis of existence. I worked at a bottle shop at thirty-three, five months shy of turning thirty-four. I didn’t give two shits about booze going up or down a dollar, which it tended to do more than you’d want to know. I didn’t care about people having enough money or too much…
Issue 11.2 – Fiction
Marnie sits on the floor of her playroom and stares at the broken cradle. She has her knees hugged up to her chest and her legs are bare. A sharp red scratch runs down the side of her face, but she doesn’t remember making the mark. Her hair, forced back from her forehead, is so…
Issue 11.2 – Poetry
I love when we get together and share a bottle of wine, or a carafe of sangria. I love when you ask if I’m staying for dinner. I love when you go out of your way to ask how I’m doing and if I need a lunch date because the answer is almost always yes….
Serial – Through a Mirror Clear – Ch 9
Thunder clapped overhead and William jumped in his seat. The rain was relentless, falling heavily on the windshield in torrents. The wipers were practically useless. He sat forward over the steering wheel, gripping the leather until his knuckles turned white. The rational part of his brain yelled at him to pull over until the rain…
Hook Wounds
**Hook Wounds is the winning short story from our first themed Short Story Contest!** MONA cradled the head of a stuffed elephant. She sniffed it, inhaled her daughter Libby’s intoxicating scent, a mix of condensed milk and orange Mentos, like the Creamsicles Mona ate as a child. Mona ran her fingers along the edge of the…
Themed Short Story Contest Winners
We are excited to announce the winners of our first themed short story contest. Each story submitted explored in some way the theme of Freedom. We received many wonderful submissions and enjoyed reading each of them. It was hard to narrow the finalists down to the top three, but it was an enjoyable task. Congratulations…
The Little Things – Apollo
Apollo Apollo, in a toga, headless, spoke to me of the sacrifices he used to receive, and expected. I replied to him that I was great, and did not need to be other. Margarita Serafimova (Sofia, Bulgaria) was shortlisted for the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2017 and in the Summer Literary Seminars 2018 poetry contest….
Issue 11.1 – Nonfiction
Adeline ran the kitchen at Wheatland Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home. Even when she wasn’t there, her place seemed understood. Adeline had started working at the hospital in 1975, the year I was born, and by the time I came to work there sixteen years later, she was firmly entrenched in the routine of a…
Issue 11.1 – Fiction
Icy water bites my hand as I pluck an apple from the kitchen sink. The fruit is bruised, so my thumb pushes in through its skin. A soggy, brown mess; I use my knife to clean it the best I can, and, with what’s left, I make perfect squares, arranging them on a dish. The…
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