I see him there in the dark, watching me and frowning.
I skitter about on all fours in a tattered white dress, long black hair draping over my face. Tonight is Halloween. The theme is movies. I’m twitching to the beat ...
Karl Marx Hates My Drag Show by Seth Wade
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
This morning I was a bird. My sparrow whined for me like I was her mama. House sparrows are cavity nesters, and this one is no exception. She snuggled in my palm and fell back asleep. We are one and the same, this bird ...
Today I Was A Bird by Aimee Seiff Christian
LAR Online, Nonfiction
says God after several years of silence. Notin so many words, but the air at nine a.m. is coolthough it’s July, there’s not one but five (five!)stippled fawns high-stepping across the lawn like kidswho struck ...
I Feel I Owe You All an Apology by Celisa Steele
LAR Online, Poetry
“Sure, Jocelyn, I’ll show it to you,” says Leila Clark, the bank manager, when I ask to see the second-floor apartment in the building, advertised as vacant and available. Leila takes a key out of her desk and ...
The People Here by Cary Holladay
Fiction, LAR Online
A Brief History of the Midwest by Andrew Grace
Reviewed by Christopher Blackman
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Publication Date: May 27, 2025
ISBN: 9781625571588
Page Numbers: 92
“History is really the history ...
A Brief History of the Midwest by Andrew Grace Reviewed by Christopher Blackman
Book Reviews, LAR Online
from Gentry
Or the Name of a Tree with No Memory
by Janil Uc Tun
translated from the Spanish
by Allison A. deFreese
To Pedro Uc, for all the times we weren’t defeated.
The Sale I. It began like any other war: with ...
Two Poems by Janil Uc Tun Translated From the Spanish by Janil Uc Tun
LAR Online, Translations
I had been rather fond of myself at first. I was sure to myself that I was right, but she was not. And when time went on, she had just kept pushing.
“I had decided on the salad,” she had said, bickering.
I put my ...
Couple’s Disagreement by Lucas Liu
Flash Fiction, LAR Online
My grandmother’s favorite food is tortilla soup, but I’ve learned not to order it for her. My family has searched far and wide, from fine-dining restaurants, Americanized “Mexican” restaurant chains, to the ...
La Marcha Adelante Es También La Marcha Fuera by Jacob Tan
LAR Online, Nonfiction
after Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco GoyaSometimes, I’ll go to the mountain. I count when I’m on the edge, three days of bliss between the plane rides. I met the family, I met the mother, the father, the ...
LONG DISTANCE, UP CLOSE by Diannely Antigua
LAR Online, Poetry
