March 1, 2024
The Factory
My car in blowing snow in Romanija turns a pirouette in the ditch, already small hands knock at the windows, men in wolfskins and Puma tracksuits, they wrench me out, […]
March 1, 2024
New Mercies
The Kenyon Review · “New Mercies” by Emily Doyle Kori has never seen a penis. Not fully. Not free of clothes and springing away from a dense tangle of hair. […]
February 29, 2024
from The Angelic Doctors
They took their name from Thomas Aquinas, and they beat me within an inch of my life . . . An inch of my life, as if life is distant, […]
February 29, 2024
We Can Start This Story
We can start this story with a brief introduction of ourselves. We are Ugly, Joking, Rescue, Sunshine, and Sunshine’s baby. We are aged thirteen, says-around-fourteen, will-not-tell-anyone, does-not-know, and not-yet-born. We […]
February 29, 2024
Creative Prompts for Choosing a Name
The Kenyon Review · “Creative Prompts for Choosing a Name” by Phoebe Peter Oathout Prompt: Start by writing the names you already admire. Imagine yourself into a world where you […]
February 29, 2024
Emergency Exit
“I’m hearing voices,” Mr. Engels said. He’d written a prompt on the board. Do you want to be famous? Why or why not? Why is fame so compelling? Kids were […]
February 29, 2024
The Keys
The Kenyon Review · “The Keys” by Nick Almeida 1. “Here’s the game,” Veronica said. We were at the Saloon, not even a beer deep, surrounded by wall-mounted bric-a-brac, photos […]
December 6, 2023
Entropy
The Kenyon Review · “Entropy” by Melissa Yancy All weekend the neighbor had been on his knees, weeding the strip of dirt between the sidewalk and the street. Weeding was […]
December 5, 2023
Thin Air
The Kenyon Review · “Thin Air” by Aria Beth Sloss My girls. One of them — the elder, I think, the tread was steadier up the stairs — just banged on the door of […]
December 5, 2023
Where Are the Littles?
At dawn, after the tornado has moved on to rampage the next town over, Marjorie Miller pushes out of the cellar ahead of her mother and younger brother, Steven. She […]
December 5, 2023
If I Tell You This Is Fiction
The Kenyon Review · “If I Tell You This Is Fiction” by Jenny Lecce My mother occupied her deathbed for several long years. She was waiting it out in a […]
December 5, 2023
Bus to Saigon
My mother went to St. John’s High School in Saigon. She first traveled from her hometown, Quy Nhon, to Saigon on an overnight bus, carrying cash and gold strapped to […]