We are proud to present
Issue Twenty-Six
of No Contact
The Day John Kennedy Died
by Daniel Felsenthal
Alfred sat in French class and drew stars on his binder. Robert wondered if his erection was visible through his jeans. Marsha practiced her verbs.
Visiting Cassie / In Transit
by Wendy Oleson
Still, things don’t fit together once they’ve broken—too many critical bits get lost in the violence.
Several thousand goldfish, mostly dead by now
by Divya Maniar
This all began when my mother refused to get me a dog.
Myrtle Beach
by Parker Young
I began to sense that EJ was afraid of the motel we’d chosen. And yet she never wanted to go anywhere else. She locked the door.
A Little Lucky in the Evening
by Isaac Zisman
Lucky stands at the end of the pier, staring off into the wild expanse of the west, or maybe it’s just New Jersey.
Disenchantment
by Seth Bockley
One day you were born and nothing magical happened to you. This was contrary to all your expectations.