so there will be a lot of new things out this week, but EG will be on fire every day:
Monday
They teeter. They totter. They fall, knees pressed together, into crumpled heaps.
—from Roxane Gay’s “Boys in Drag”
Tuesday
He looks about to cry. His shoe comes at my face before I can close my eyes.
—from David Erlewine’s “Buried”
Wednesday
They told her that she was an orphan, a feral child. To repay her rescuers, she became a prisoner of science.
—from G. Walker’s “An Experiment”
Thursday
Under the dog’s old quilt they listened to the voices inside the butter-light windows, Aunt Louie’s laugh rising over the murmur, an unidentified man cough.
—from Jen Michalski’s “The Turn of Things”
Friday
My old buddy Asidri burned to death on a lava cavern tour and was chewed on by a goblin. Post-mortem.
—from Erin Fitzgerald’s “At Grayfield Keep”
