American sex goddess, innocent
as white bread with trimmed crusts.
That was who I agreed to be.
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Tag Archives: issue 5
Fiction by Jim Read
He said almost nothing —, that was part of it — and I didn’t mind because of the way that he took possession of my body. Continue reading
Nonfiction by Kayla Haas
Erasure “I must have turned around, or jumped back or something, and then you dropped the knife and the meat was on the floor and you just started saying ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry’ over and over again, and you huddled in the corner and sort of held your head and rocked and kept saying ‘I’m … Continue reading
Poetry by Aricka Foreman
I wish a bitch would tell me to smile, the arrow of my brow cutting their spleen out.
On my best days, I take my sheer black bra off before the deadbolt slides shut.
November/ December Fiction Editor Spotlight: Ahsan Butt
Our fiction editor for November and December is Ahsan Butt, who recently published an essay for our emergency issue, as well as fiction in issue 1. Ahsan is a writer and essayist. He was born in Toronto, is of Pakistani descent, and currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles. His short-fiction and essays have … Continue reading
The James Franco Review 