issue 105 – VAGABOND CITY

Chocolat chaud by Tara Zafft

This morning was one of those mornings when I felt distance, between my daughters and me. Now an ocean away, now living lives I follow on Instagram. With people I don’t know. How strange to hold a being inside, to feel that first kick to the ribs (a sign that life is becoming) and then, […]

Everything, issue 105, Poetry

Creation Myth Gazal and Poem in which my fake dick sets off airport security by River Vetter

Creation Myth Ghazal For years I stared at the mirror, begging to see someone new,and I named myself river; a place to begin, to become new. Like movement of water, or stillness, or peeringdown in the deep and seeing a reflection, new; and pulling myself out, dripping wet, to sculpt my faceand play with clay […]

Everything, issue 105, Poetry

Joseph Rebranded by Claire Scott

He never really liked her, his Marytoo pure, too fuckin’ piousnot interested in frolicking in bedkamasutra-ing new positionstangling like Twisteractually a bit of a borehours spent on calloused kneesmurmuring strings of nonsenseinstead of fixing him steak and fries Glad she said god was the fatherglad she said she was a virginno #metoo gonna happen herehe […]

Everything, issue 105, Poetry

You can build it [1] and You can build it [6] by Andrew Rader Hanson

You can build it [1] You can build a math equation you can build a rocket you can build the brass-bright saxophone you can build the artery as it greasily explodes you can build the lightning strike you can build the star dense but fuzzy from light years away you can build the walls of […]

Art, Everything, issue 105

An Interview with Lindsey Wagner

“In your memory of this moment, are you alone?” Lindsey Wagner’s collages offer glimpses into intimate fragments of the past. Each scene is accompanied by poetry exploring the nostalgia of unresolved moments and the contemplative longing for what might have been. This month, Wagner shares her influences and the detailed process behind her creative outlet. […]

Everything, issue 105, Reviews + Interviews

In Review: Brutal Companion by Ruben Quesada

Brutal Companion is Ruben Quesada’s newest, aptly titled, collection of poetry from Barrow Street Press. A true companion to the brutality of everyday existence amidst self-discovery, queerness, and loss, this collection is a dark hallway littered with small, round windows where light — and life — pour in. Brutal Companion is divided into three parts, […]

Everything, issue 105, Opportunities for Artists & Writers

Opportunities for Artists and Writers: March 2025

Deadline: 3/20 Eastern Iowa Review is accepting CNF of up to 3000 words, fiction of up to 1000 words, one prose poem, and up to six visual pictures for their 19th issue. Deadline: 3/29 New Delta Review is currently accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid submissions written by BIPOC authors. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Deadline: 4/8 Tahoma Literary Review is currently […]

Everything, issue 105, Issue 98, Now Read This

Now Read This: March 2025

Highlighting recently released and forthcoming works by marginalized creators Pause the Document by Mónica de la Torre As the world shuts down, Mónica de la Torre’s poems become gregarious sites of encounter—homages to connections lost and new bonds forged. Shuttling between lyrical and experimental modes, the poems in Pause the Document challenge linear notions of time by […]

Creative Nonfiction, Everything, issue 105, Prose

Pain as a Mediocre Symphony Orchestra by Luscha Makortoff

Overture in Ow Major If my pain had a sound, it would be the pulsing hum of an MRI machine. I went into one when I was ten, maybe eleven. I’d been in and out of Children’s Hospital appointments for nearly a year, diagnosed with minor scoliosis for two, and stuck with doctors scratching their […]