Issue: NiftyLit #4

Jasper Glen

"Children? I am singular, / Unfamiliar, spawndark / mob of myself"

Rebecca Thrush

"It’s funny to think we wanted / to be bright enough to sparkle / on stage, in a sea of Irish / twins, all of us vying for stardom / and wallflower glory"

Anastasia Jill

"One place in particular - Marie Byrd Land - caught her attention, and not because of its namesake. It had been discovered and given a misnomer in honor of a man’s wife, but at the heart, it was uncharted, virgin terrain still unmarked by subjugation or greedy men.."

William Falo

"He was probably a porch pirate. A loser. Alone. I stopped the truck. Was I so different? I was stuck in neutral. Broken."

Mariah Thompson

"I don’t remember. / Travis or Kevin picked up a rock and there it was, dark / and poised for the striking. Fascination spilled / into pooled horror. I ran."

Joanna Acevedo

"Suddenly, having a baby doesn’t seem so impossible. She has a baby now. She could just hold onto this one, and everything would be alright."

Maia McPherson

"She is hungry / her son is hungry her husband / is hungry so they sit at the table / and blink at each other / over quick-boiled pasta / and jar sauce."