We are proud to present
Issue Seventeen
of No Contact
#SquadGoals
by Mallory Smart
I will come to you from the woods of the suburb surrounded by highways adolescent. We will start a rave with all our friends, instagram it and get all the likes.
Planter's Choice Bonsai Starter Kit
by Aaron Burch
One of those presents that you would never buy yourself, would maybe never even think to buy, would possibly never even know existed, but that feels perfect when received as gift.
Don’t Mention It
by Claire Hopple
I take things personally like anyone else, including the quote on my chocolate wrapper.
one day you’ll be
by Ashley Hajimirsadeghi
One day you’ll scrounge for pennies in the
lobby of a shabby nickelodeon, somewhere
in Brooklyn at dusk, just to get a thrill
Constant Flow
by Chella Courington
counting years like a handful of coins, knowing they would be spent for trinkets, a pair of gold earrings or the mermaid wind chime sculpted from copper wire
Box Elders / Summer of ‘66
by Robert Vaughan
I taught myself to disappear, that summer we moved into a duplex without dad.
My Daughter Already Knows All the Words
by Jack B. Bedell
And I want her to be able to say “okay” and mean it. To know the difference between asking and praying.
