August 2025 Publications
August Publications
“I stand before glass—not double-paned, so the chill of an embryonic winter storm leaks in—strands of my hair caught by cascading succulent stems of Tradescantia pallida, an Heirloom plant, a Purple Queen perfect for this queen of an old Ohio farmhouse.”
Meditation on Immigrant Moraine by K Anand-Gall
“Bri tells me studies exclude female mice because their body temperatures vary too much. “Consistent sample sizes make the best data,” she states. Bri can go days without showering when she finds a contradiction in her datasets, ecstatic when her initially surefire hypothesis is disproven by another mystery to unravel.”
Means of Survival by Lucy Zhang
Ten Years Ago
“He was Henry Albertson and he was a stranger to Wing, though they had grown up more or less together. Often Wing was invited to play in the Albertson almond grove, where they chased each other with fallen sticks. In Henry's mind they were knights; in Wing's they were dervishes.”
Sufi by Carmen Lau
“Sam skates in the kiddy pool at the old KOA Campground. It’s horrible, really—shallow, kidney shaped, so coated with spray paint obscenities that it’s pebbled under his wheels. Every day when he arrives, he finds it filled with tumbleweeds. He fishes them out and watches them blow away across the disintegrating parking lot.”
Skate Pool by John Haggerty
“Margaret is the boss, so you suppose it’s okay that she leaves early. Actually, you’re glad. By five to six the offices are empty, quiet-aired. The cupboard of cleaning supplies is just large enough for a chair to fit between the boxes of bleach and stinky rags, so you can sit and look at the list of jobs for that night.”
Payment to the Universe by Annabel Banks
mb staff is loving
Artist Janeen Bellafiore.
Bagel place coffee with cream and one sugar.
Street view of 1940’s New York City (don’t miss the outtakes).