CAN YOU REACH THE LEAVES? BY ALEXANDRIA GREEN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

Maybe I had a sixth sense, but I think I recognized his loneliness even before I saw it in myself.

MYSELF.TXT BY GORDAN STRUIĆ 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

Just a flicker in corrupted memory — a glitch inside a failed save.

COAT BY JACOB FRIESENHAHN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

An old woman on the bus is knitting something enormous, something with too many arms.

KATHERINE BY DIMITRIS PASSAS 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

Her parting words were a remedy for my tortured mind, as well as the fixed point around which I sought to build a new life.

TO THE FUTURE BY DESMA SHEERER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

In a 200-square-foot efficiency apartment with neighbors who practice their drum circle until 2am every Saturday night.

TURTLE HUNTING BY DOUG TANOURY 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

SALT FROM THE SEA BY DJ DONOGHUE 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 131

I’ve been to all the coasts, maybe I’ll go inland awhile. There’s a lot a places I haven’t seen and a lot a people I ain’t met yet.