Issue 1 April 2016

Woman’s Knife * Dead Skin * Stealing Canoes by Sloan Thomas

Woman’s Knife * Dead Skin * Stealing Canoes by Sloan Thomas

Woman’s Knife Ruby had called in all her favors for the obsidian. A very unfeminine request, some remarked. She hadn’t collected the sharp edged slab of obsidian. Her brother’s friend, obsessed with conquering mountains, left it at her door. It all boiled down to glass. A frozen pool of translucent black that cut her fingers Continue reading Woman’s Knife * Dead Skin * Stealing Canoes by Sloan Thomas

The Shearing of Yossi Mandelbaum by Anna Lea Jancewicz

The Shearing of Yossi Mandelbaum by Anna Lea Jancewicz

Upsherin (Yiddish, lit. “shear off”) is a haircutting ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Jewish communities. It is typically held when a boy turns three years old. (Wikipedia) Payos are the (often curled) sidelocks worn by some Orthodox men. Tzitzis are the fringes that hang from a Continue reading The Shearing of Yossi Mandelbaum by Anna Lea Jancewicz