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 NichollsEvan 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.

Issue 28 Cover

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 Evan Williams

every woman is a perfect gorgeous angel and every man is just some guy Sophie Bebeau

Big Tragedies, Little Tragedies & Listen to This David Wojciechowski

A Sudden Set of Stairs & Buy the Buoy Evan Nicholls

Hyde Lake, Memphis Ellis Elliott

Cover Art

A Different Recollection Than Yours Edward Lee

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