by MarITza Mora I hid behind my copy of Captain Underpants when their rage walked them into the kitchen with stomping feet, when my father raised his hand and my…

by Meg Reynolds It was early in summer of ugly nestlings and earwigs knotted in my father’s fence. The branches hung heavy with Lymantria Dispar moths. Some idle parent said…

by Mary B. Sellers   Clara can only remember three things before the green flash happened, before her face was burnt off when her kitchen lit up with fire. It…

by Kara Goughnour   My heart has been a long time spent – a cased cadaver all veil and veneer. A cumbersome wreck of lovers in haylofts who make love over…

by sabrina hicks I never felt right claiming your sun-bleached hair and sunset eyes, but that didn’t stop Mama in the delivery room the night I was born. Only a…

by Christopher Gonzalez The woman upstairs—have you met her?—moves furniture between 10pm and midnight. She drags what must be an anvil across the floor, and the whole apartment rattles. The…

by E. Kristin Anderson milk and honey FOR THE FURNACE   (a golden shovel after Kesha)   We begin as air, a voice on the radio—on the outside we’re all…

By andrew rogers Your last day pointing was a huge success, even raccoons noticed You pointed out masks, tail rings, and a lost yellow leaf You pointed out mountains from…

by Justin Rigamonti Imagine everything at once. Every moment of your life, every sound and scene you’ve lived through, all happening together, layered over each other into one enveloping frame.…

by Elizabeth J. Coleman This morning by mistake I saw a headline that if the earth moves a tiny bit from its axis, it will spell disaster. I tried to…

by Kathryn McMahon Blackberry bushes are always green as are the ferns and the pines full of shadows. Just because they don’t change, don’t let them convince you that nothing else…

This issue took some time. The Third Point Press team was busy creating life or welcoming it to an end - travelling or staying near. We were busy, at any…