We are proud to present

 Issue Sixteen

of No Contact

Bedside Manor
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Bedside Manor

by Hilary Leichter

Once, the couch was mid-century modern, but the century has since changed.

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Hong Van / Hammock
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Hong Van / Hammock

by K-Ming Chang

I didn’t know what a calorie was, so Lanny explained it to me: if you input enough of them into your body, you’re pregnant.

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Leonora’s Road Trip
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Leonora’s Road Trip

by Leonora Desar

I took the D train. Sometimes a road trip involves other things—like sacrifice.

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Disordered Bodies
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Disordered Bodies

by Jack Balderrama Morley

“I’ve known love from both sides now.” —Joni Mitchell, obviously, after fucking a younger guy.

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Leominster
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Leominster

by Carolyn Oliver

In a city not quite famous for being the birthplace of lawn flamingos and Johnny Appleseed, Hazel lived alone in a two-bedroom house.

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Mutuals
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Mutuals

by Pat Foran

Dolly Parton and I, there’s mutual respect between us, I think, because of the way our mutual friend has grown since Dolly found him writing messages in the sky with his finger.

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