Issue 28 | Spring 2023
Buy the Buoy
Evan Nicholls
‘Buy the buoy,’ said the salesman.
‘No,’ said the person back.
‘It would look great around your neck,’ the salesman pushed.
The person continued eating their salad.
The salesman resealed his yellow coat.
The salesman returned the wares back next to his heart.
The salesman returned to the fetal position and prayed.
For a large fin for a kind man to stroke.
About the Author
Evan Nicholls is a poet and collage artist from Virginia. His chapbook of poems and collages, Holy Smokes, is available from Ghost City Press. Find more of his work at enicholls.com.
Prose
Excerpt from Marriage Marina Mariasch, translated by Ellen Jones
Torch Song of Myself Dale Peck
The House Nikki Barnhart
Excerpt from Fishflies: the Men of the Riverhouse Marream Krollos
The Chinkhoswe J.G. Jesman
Tijuana Victoria Ballesteros
Agónico Marcial, 1960 - 1994 Israel Bonilla
Excerpt from Fieldwork Vilde Fastvold, translated by Wendy H. Gabrielsen
Reflections in a Window Cástulo Aceves, translated by Michael Langdon
The Waiting Dreamer Blue Neustifter
It Being Fall Matthew Roberson
Plans for a Project Bo Huston
Poetry
As Beautiful As It Is
every woman is a perfect gorgeous angel and every man is just some guy
Big Tragedies, Little Tragedies &
A Sudden Set of Stairs &
Hyde Lake, Memphis
Cover Art
A Different Recollection Than Yours Edward Lee