We are proud to present
Issue Thirteen
of No Contact



Various Definitions You Need to Know When Determining Your Zipper Needs, Or How to Put Your Teeth To Use
by Olivia Kingery
Here, let me take you to the bottom. Climb on in and I’ll swallow you whole.


Oingo Boingo
by Al Jacobs
I’ll show you around, Eitan said. Bring your drink. We’ll be right back, Harold. I’m gonna show my friend around.


Brotherhood of Man
by Murzban F. Shroff
The young man put an arm around Sandy. He said, “I, too, have seen treachery, brother, but not like yours.”

All Men Will Be Sailors
by Nathaniel Berry
I’ve been bad at remembering what people said to me, or what I’ve said to them. I’ve been bad at knowing what to say.


(Not a) Love Poem
by Satya Dash
What’s the use of time spent so vigorously
cataloguing youth if now I can't find a picture
of us at the beach

Like a Balloon
by Jace Einfeldt
You’ve lost all your money, everything, and this time it wasn’t even your fault even though it feels like it is.

The Lone Star
by Ben Lewellyn-Taylor
“Don’t California my Texas” is a catchall phrase for Texans concerned with a growing progressive population in the Lone Star State.