We are proud to present
Thirty: The Second Anniversary Issue
of No Contact
Maximum Allowance
by Shareen K. Murayama
She used to be adept at becoming invisible. To help matters, she saved her words for essential desires.
When You Leave the Location
by Jennifer Wortman
The week during which you or I or possibly we, together, destroyed my phone amid fits of rage remains a terrible blur. For a long time after, I didn’t want a working phone.
Little Boy Little House Little World
by Sara Son
When considering nuclear war, I become protective
of my miniature house models—purchased from Amazon,
the ones I held my X-Acto knife to.
At Sofia’s
by Megan Peck Shub
The restaurant was called Sofia’s, although “Sofia” never existed. The face beaming out of “Sofia’s” black-and-white portrait hanging on the wall was an anonymous dead grandmother scooped up by an interior designer at some flea market.
Dieu Seul: The Death Sentence
by Charlene Elsby
Everyone knows you can be poor or you can be saved, but not both.
Classic Slasher
by Marne Litfin
Sex, virginity, psychopaths, abuse, retribution, revenge, roll credits. The plots were compelling because they were so clear.
Farewell Tour
by Nathaniel Berry
I know things have a right to change when you turn your back on them.
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