We are proud to present
Issue Twenty-Seven
of No Contact

The Gravity of Sadness
by Adrienne Marie Barrios and Leigh Chadwick
Adrienne Barrios asks Leigh Chadwick, Will you tell your daughter about the gravity of sadness, or will you hope she never needs to know?

Anaphora / (i will never be free)
by Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey
everybody hates me. this is a fact, if
fact: the thing you trip over

From Under the Cork Tree
by Jessica Nirvana Ram
note the childlike joy of a windows down car

the privateer
by Adrian Sobol
Recently, to abbreviate another lengthy
depression, my bosses offered me
access to their corporate expense accounts.

I Saw a Shooting Star for the First Time in Marfa
by KB
What do they call the lives spent obsessing
over galaxy imagery here? I wish I could answer this

unexpected consequences of the end of the world
by E.B. Schnepp
late night reruns of 90s tv shows, Jennifer Anniston
looking luxurious in New York City apartments

Pig Glorious / Glorious
by Alyssandra Tobin
Pig Glorious
never lets his family down. Pig Glorious licks my face