A Brief and Volatile Period
By Ashton Politanoff - Jul 29, 2019
Is there mayonnaise in that? a woman—a stranger—asked. Her sharp chin jutted down at his potato salad. The lenses of her sunglasses were gigantic, giving her face the appearance of an insect.
Read More >The Contagious Abortion of Cattle
By Catherine Foulkrod - Jul 23, 2019
They called it the Bacillus abortus of Bang, no joke. Stockmen and dairymen shot up in the night to a pounding at the door, a light on in the barn.
Read More >Don’t Think It Be Like It Is
By David Fishkind - Jul 15, 2019
Then, I’d just finished work on a novel, the publication of which I’d been assured would change my life. I was pre-diagnosis, drinking in moderation. The night before, I’d gone on my second date with the woman who’d never heard of Phil.
Read More >Welcome to PER
By Shane Jones - Jul 9, 2019
IMAGINE
A WORK LIFE
EXPERIENCED
AS YOUR IDEAL LIFE
A Hole Burned Through the Middle of Everything
By Nicole Treska - Jul 3, 2019
The trick, she said, was not to let on that you were playing with people’s perception. She could spot a mark the second they stepped in, see the want all over their faces.
Read More >Speech for Tommy’s Wedding, November 11, 2018
By Adam Humphreys - Jul 1, 2019
Through these arguments I came to a hard realization. Tommy, so far as I could tell, would not become more like me, or adopt my humanist concerns. Tommy didn’t think like me.
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