Come here, kid, and have a look at the gold.

Do you know what sound gold makes, kid? It’s electric-hum-pop. It’ll fuzz your brain up. Yes, I see you nod, you can hear the buzzing now can’tcha? Mmm black and gold and black and gold and don’tcha think the dark makes that gold look damn pretty?

GOLD ON THE CEILING BY GRACE CHIPPERFIELD 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 19

Making sand castles.

So a baby now?

VIRTUAL ARMY REALITY BY ELAINE LITTLE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 19

Private First Class Carrie Mendez had been feeling shitty all morning. All right, she was sick, enough to go to sick call sick.

Nikandros told the clerk that he would take Kristina’s last name instead of vice versa.

“Now Nikandros,” the clerk said, “you and the bride have to apply for the license using your current legal names and then the form says that the bride’s name will be your name. See the blank where we fill that in.”

WITH HER EAR PRESSED TO THE EARTH BY ROBERT EARLE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 19