Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure We leave for the cemetery before the sun is up, packing Fuji apples and a passion fruit crepe cake from Lady M’s. We had skipped visiting my dad’s grave last autumn for Chong Yang Festival due to my son’s Science...
Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure I pull my fingers out of you slowly. Our heavy breathing is somehow synchronized, low and animalistic. While you gather yourself, I stand, unhook the strap on, and go to the sink to rinse my hands of the beautiful mess...
Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure Raquel took a seat and pulled a hot pink flask from her purse. She sipped, then grimaced and surveyed the women around the table. The troupe was meeting at Anne’s house to plan out their act for the 5th annual REO Town...
Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure “No,” says Tamara when she sees the yarn. “No, Cal, you’re not.” “I am,” I say. She shakes her head, exasperated, already exhausted with me even though she’s only just gotten home. I narrow my eyes at her, daring...
Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure Thursday 9:47 p.m. Her phone rings. She contemplates ignoring the call, but a second before it rolls to voicemail, she picks up. “Hello.” “Hey baby, it’s me. How’s it going?” She smiles and shakes her head. “I’m fine,...
Issue 24 / Winter 2021 / Special Issue: Pleasure Dunhuang, in the summer is beige and washed with soft, settled dust. It nests between sand dunes, two-tone hills that whistle and whisper at dusk, the breeze bringing mysterious dreams to those who sleep under its soupy...
