We are proud to present
Issue Twenty-Four
of No Contact
Big Spenders / The Low Spark of Teenage Girls
by L Mari Harris
As long as my paycheck is good every week, what do I care?
Self-Portrait as Search for Beauty
by Adam Gianforcaro
How can I compete with pearl oysters
Grief Discount
by Diana Kole
The train was rocking in the present day and ten years earlier; I stood, for an instant that disintegrated as soon as I tried to name it, outside of time.
Movie (not like a)
by Adam Berlin
And I know the difference between sad and Hollywood sad. I know sad doesn’t disappear from one scene to the next.
Two Micros
by Kevin Grauke
There he is in the background, our man of sixty-two in his very first film role, rising from a chair to greet a visitor.
and you no longer see the romance in that.
by Jaric Sarmiento
The earth is a pale blue dot and you no longer see the romance in that.
HAVING A LAUGH
by Cassidy Gabriel
i come apart clementine
peel immaculate, real clean and smooth
A Tour of Artificial Islands
by Jessica Dawn
“If we break up, at least you can say you learned something,” I say, and we both laugh, and the seagulls wail overhead.
I Never Saw a Leaf Vacuum / Before Moving to Nasons Corner
by Rebecca Irene
Look how easily she is torn, he shouted.
& his wife, freshly bruised, watched
The Armory
by Nathaniel Berry
Adrian got more patriotic after the attacks, as vicariously shell-shocked small towns must.