We are proud to present
Issue Five
of No Contact
In the Hour of Wind
by Evan Shornstein
The future is uncertain but there are 3,000 frogs singing in the moonlight!
When Animals Tour the Zoo
by Sean Ennis
One thing I like about the kitchen is that it is the only place in the house that doesn’t have “room” in its title.
The Complex
by Liz Wolfe
Leash Lady gets taken for a walk twice a day by her two very muscular pitbulls.
The Sun King
by Nathaniel Berry
Every face has the expression can you believe this fucking place? but nobody says it, because this is Michigan, and silent is the kindest we can sometimes think to be.
Trail of Broken Twigs
by Shareen K. Murayama
They say everyone remembers their first roller.
On Not Writing
by Saba Imtiaz
I think about one of my favorite writers, Fran Lebowitz, and how she is doing. Is Fran wearing a mask?
Too Soon, Too Late
by Erin Gallagher
How many times can you paint a hallway white? If you peeled it back, layer by layer, I hope you would find a nice wallpaper, floral and muted with age.
Artificial Weather System
by Gauraa Shekhar
It’s a tidy trick, an artificial weather system, and most days, it seems to work.
A World Without: After City
by Elliot Alpern
Down beneath the cracked remains of sidewalks and hot-tar slurry, there exists a different, cooler world.