October 8, 2024
Deer Head Hoop
The Kenyon Review · “Deer Head Hoop” by Kai Carlson-Wee The deer head hung from the basketball hoop. Blood coming down in frozen ropes. Tongue rolling out of the mouth […]
October 8, 2024
Goat’s Milk
You woke up one day, Little One, and looked at your large, strong hands, already as big as your brother’s, and said you wouldn’t have it. No way were you […]
October 8, 2024
Waiting, a Quintet
The Kenyon Review · “Waiting, A Quintet” by Kimberly Blaeser I. Pud The moment before things started to unravel, Norman Rockwell might have painted our rez playground — little brown kids in […]
October 8, 2024
’Roomers
As soon as Rory got out of prison, he was going mushroom hunting. Late April, and he knew morels would be popping up along the river. Of course, other people […]
June 3, 2024
HATS & BATS
It was boiling hot all week and my blood was boiling too. Everyone’s was we were all alive with sex and anger. Even at night the heat was too much […]
June 3, 2024
The Tortoise and the Tortoise
By this time, the world had been exhausted, eaten and eaten. All its creatures had been tucked in, and the land was at rest. The hills breathed. The tender hands […]
June 3, 2024
Panama
The future can’t be predicted but it can be envisioned and brought lovingly into being. Systems can’t be controlled but they can be designed, and redesigned. — Donella Meadows Thomas made […]
May 31, 2024
Break the Line
The Kenyon Review · “Break The Line” by Anthony Tognazzini Keep to the right, Riel Fares, and take your place in line. Do not break the line. Do not befriend […]
May 31, 2024
Python Hunters
People expect water. They expect an expanse of black water blinking in the sun. They expect the sun to be hot and the water to be cool. They hope to […]
May 31, 2024
Grief Lessons
The first time I see Eva she is standing over my father’s body. Eva places the back of her hand against my father’s forehead as if checking his temperature. She […]
May 29, 2024
Bedtime Stories from the Permian
When I was a little girl, my older sister refused to tell me fairy tales. My bedtime stories were instead about the sea. Ellie talked of turtles with minds that […]
May 29, 2024
Bloodsucker
The Kenyon Review · “Bloodsucker” by Analía Villagra Early days, earliest days, before days were called days but were only the gleaming glow of a fiery sun, a sticky syrup […]