A literary journal devoted to literature, art and culture. We publish quarterly and are based in Los Angeles, CA. 

 Each issue is published online and sometimes as an ebook. The mission of our journal is to showcase new and emerging writers – particularly those in writing programs — as well as established ones.

C.E. Lukather

Paul Garson

Juliana Woodhead

The Writing Disorder

"We occasionally reprint previously published work."

We seek work of the highest quality, but do not have specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Check our website before submitting for any announcements.

Maximum word length: No limit

General call

It was decided quickly, by a few of the elders, that a committee should be gathered to confirm exactly what was said and what, if any, translations could be counted official. But you know what happens next...

After Love

This piece follows a carful of closeted queer teenagers as they look for a way to push back against a rising swell of homophobia associated with the passage of Vermont's first-in-the-nation civil unions law in 2000.

Cabbage Night

My mother is coming over. She’ll be late, no doubt, because she refuses to get her car fixed, so it coughs and rumbles until it comes to a start and shakes down the road if it goes above 20.

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