May 2019 | The Write Launch

Issue 25 / May 2019

"Bored, Silas took the ball on the inside of his foot, dribbled it over his head, caught it behind the back, then back over his head, before lobbing it just below the ceiling directly into the tin can. The coach gaped."
- In Flagrante Delicto by Olivier FitzGerald

Me and Woody

A Piece of Me

Petrakis

New Mind

“Canada Geese,” “Boat Hull, Moving Party in a Small Town” and “Crows”

“Iris the Goddess of Iridium and Rainbows,” “Rust-swollen Seeds” and “End of the Line”

“Speed Limits? We Don’t Obey No Stinking Limits,” “Gym Rats” and “Poking Insidious Eye With Sharp Stick — It’s About Time”

“Song of Aylan” and “Crouching Caveman Hidden Cellar”

“Ticketed,” “Speckled” and “Hello, Instructor”

“Trading Cards,” “After Party” and “Ewing Sarcoma, Extremely Rare”

The Boy with the Lysol-Sprayed Cowlick

“We Learned We Are Gods,” “Freshman Year, UAF: Fairbanks Fall of ’92” and “Downpour in the Height of Summer”

A Bright Spot

“Pleasure,” “The Toys on the Floor” and “Within the Walls”

Beautiful Lies, Wonderful Lies

“Morbid Fascination,” “Food Pantry in Winter: A Visit” and “The Drone”

Afterboom

Par Avion

Outside Flagstaff

In Flagrante Delicto

Amnesiac

When You Try to Make Sense of a Breakup Through Racism

Prepare for Departure

The Dragon in the Garden