Fiction
Blue is a cold number #1
By Matt NelsonThe salt kept showing. Little grains of white bounced up off the wet curtain like someone was shaking it clean. Our hands couldn’t keep it, we sure as hell couldn’t see its source. So, instead, we looked at each other while the distance grew.
On Von Chiffon
By Alec NiedenthalWe were in constant awe of him—Von Chiffon, this fidgeting boy with a voice that rose without ceasing, a voice that when he began speaking, trundled until it had done.
Our Mother, Come to Find
By J. A. TylerOne morning, we stood with a card in our hands, and though Our Mother was seated in the tiny circle of light at her sewing machine, she wasn’t sewing, the machine wasn’t humming, and we were afraid.
from Miransù
by Monica Sarsini, translated from the Italian by Maryann De JulioIole was tall and imposing, light complexioned, delicate, pale blue eyes and long snow white hair that she held back in soft coils with tortoise shell combs. Every morning with slow gestures, seated before the mirror of the dressing table, she tidied this long hair dampened with nettle juice.
Remembering Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
By Catherine RendónEvery couple of months a brown package would arrive at our home in Philadelphia filled with Mexican stamps and neatly tied up. It came from the Libreria Madero in Mexico City. I still remember their bookplate and distinct inscription even though the bookstore ceased to exist a long time ago.
The Selected Correspondence of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
translated from the French by Mitch Abidor, with an introduction by Pascal IfriThese letters are excerpted from The Selected Correspondence of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, additional letters from this manuscript will be featured in the July/Aug issue of the Brooklyn Rail.
Arrowschmitt!!!
By Arryan DecaturArryan Decatur has an Aerosmith tattoo on the upper part of his right (your left) love handle that cost 70 dollars.
To Make This Thing With Better Flow
or: One of the Ones Who Got Away
an OKComix collaboration by Molly Roth
Hi there. Let me know if you are interested in meeting me. I live in [redacted] Brooklyn and I was thinking how to make this whole thing with better flow.
Aline the Alien
By Tom MotleyOur story: Aline the alien and her sidekick, Kik, are paying a visit to their creator.
Keeping Time
by Alexander RothmanAlexander Rothman is a cartoonist and poet. His work has appeared in such publications as the Seneca Review, Moonshot Magazine, the Brooklyn Rail, Suspect Device, and the Rumpus, and is forthcoming in the Indiana Review. He cohosts a comics-review podcast, Comics For Grownups. He is also co-editor-in-chief of INK BRICK, a journal of comics poetry. More at inkbrick.com.
Avenge Me, Eavesdropper
by Paul K. TunisPaul K. Tunis is a comics poet and illustrator. His work has been featured by McSweeney’s Press, The Poetry Foundation, Bateau, Drunken Boat, Loaded Bicycle, Moonshot Magazine, and the Rumpus. Paul completed an M.F.A. at Sarah Lawrence College. He is also co-editor-in-chief of INK BRICK, a journal of comics poetry.
