by Scott Neuffer Someone gave me an Amazon gift card for Christmas, and I spent it on books. I’m sorry. Amazon is a monster, but if I didn’t spend it on books, I would’ve blown it on Nintendo 64 games, and then I wouldn’t be reading at all. The books I got were written by trampset contributors, all collected works of short fiction, all written by ingenious women…. Every Mask I Tried On by Alina Stefanescu, Brighthorse Books, 2018 This story collection bristles with restless

by Madeleine Corley Donna McL Tara Isabel Zambrano takes us across different folds of time, realities, and human emotions in her new book Death, Desire, and Other Destinations from Okay Donkey. I’m delighted to have had the opportunity to dive into this collection, especially given Okay Donkey’s background of publishing stellar pieces and collections in the past. I can firmly say Zambrano marvelously adds to this trend with her book. Zambrano leads us in “Alligators,” a piec

by Tara Isabel Zambrano Volkan Olmez Don’t ask why my husband is pointing a gun at me, don’t ask why he is crying so hard that I burst with apologies. They fall through the air, flood the space between us. Don’t ask how he found about my affair, even though the text messages were stowed under a password, the pictures always deleted, the meetings just once every few months. Don’t ask why he doesn’t curse or taunt, he keeps asking, who do you love? Don’t ask why I am apologizin