MORE OR LESS BY SHAYNA BROWN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

I wonder if my body is the reason my marriage had to end.

A HURTING GAME BY BEN FOWLKES 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

Some day he said you know it’ll be you. You think you understand that but you don’t do you? Not until Some Day kicks in your door and sits on your chest and asks if you’ve had enough yet.

THE HEDGEHOG BY POPPY HULBERT 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

There is a hedgehog stuck inside me. Its spines, all seven thousand of them, prick me.

SUMMER IRIDESCENCE BY K DANA KING 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

I remember the seductive weight of a sleepy toddler and the salt tang, the shell speckled grit, of beach afternoons.

THE LAST OF THEM BY MICHAEL LOYD GRAY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

I didn’t want anyone telling me who they thought I should be.

SHHH BY R JAMES SENNETT JR 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132

SHHH the wall said one morning.

WAVING BY WALLY SWIST 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 132