Tag Issue 26 Summer 2024
Hanging in Shades

Came so fast; couldn’t come fast enough; gone before you know it. Summer! Traffic jams, last minute work assignments, unavoidable…
Rosalia Scalia – Fiction

She locked the door and turned off the lights. Together, they moved bookcases in front of the door and piled...
Mark Tewfik – Fiction

They were up and away before they had time to think further. Mike held him by the armpits, but Patch’s...
Jim Speese – Fiction

This was a unique set in the history of The Other Band. Rather than the usual wrangling to get “his”...
Jeff Mock – 3 Poems

This is our Serbia. This
Is our Syria. This is our neo-
Nazi superiority. This
Is our Selma, our Watts,...
Scott Hutchison – 3 Poems

You’ve been winning the chalking and charcoal wars
against acne—so you hope your face is inert and in the clear
when Miz...
Smitha Vishwanath – 3 Poems

Burgundy, the colour of cherries
we got at the Farmer's market in Germany-
We paid for strawberries; the cherries came free.
They tasted...
Lenny Levine – Fiction

“It was my little secret that I was reaming out this stupid jerk. I liked that feeling.” He could see...
Yuan Changming – 3 Poems

Every flower that catches sight of you
Begins to bloom against the season
Abhishek Udaykumar – Fiction

Mauna walked around the park thrice before going back home. She stood in her balcony and watched families and bachelors...