EDITORIAL
#33 Editorial
We sent out this issue’s call for submissions while lining up some changes at TSR. The first of these changes will probably be apparent to you if you’re reading this note.
Poetry
Two Poems
she swallows mahjong tiles, snaps the square table in two, /
sets fire to the handbag her husband bought her.
Mid-Typhoon Tinder
Just to be clear, I’m looking for friends interchangeable of weather: /
kissable, fierce, wild. King-sized is a plus.
whatever he did in those leather pants
& of all the things to see, after everything: /
the metronome, typewriter, the new-fangled colour TV, /
the christmas specials, & cash grabs disguised as movies, /
after the worldwide wet dreams
A cuttlefish could
A cuttlefish is a magician / wriggling out of their chains in a glass box /
at the bottom of a pool.
FICTION
Apartamento
Lottie is lucky that by never being able to purchase property or even find a secure enough rental to feel comfortable raising kids, not to mention the climate crisis, she probably would never need a family lawyer.
Wrestlers
Hugo ate pasta with tomato sauce and afterwards excused himself to the restroom to ensure his mouth was not tinted orange. He asked me what my vice was. He said his was apathy.
Nina’s Career
All week we inspect the meat under white light. We notice flesh risen in bulbs. I learn to use a scalpel—Nina’s hand on my hand—so that the removal is barely visible.
NON-FICTION
Girlhoods
There’s a camaraderie in the yearning, where the love interest doesn’t present a real opportunity as such, but a shared invitation to imagine what that yearning could become.
