by Saara Dutton “I’ll scar you for life.” That was The Scar Maker’s professional promise. Then he’d add, “I’ll make you interesting. For just $69.99.” He launched this business venture once tattoos ceased to be edgy. Tattoos, he realized, were no longer badges of youthful rebellion. They were time stamps of faded youth. Any vegan … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
by Emily Cameron Tiffany sat at a bus stop waiting for the 4 line to take her home. She was the only one at the stop and preferred it that way. Rather than concerning herself with strange men in windbreaker coats, Tiffany was free to spend her time waiting peeling pieces of calcified gum from … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
We would like to apologize for the lengthy delay between our finalizing the result of the Lit Bits contents, and our publishing of the winners. The blame can be placed squarely on Mr.Zouch‘s great affinity for Sri Lankan tea, and his recent 5 month escapade across the Subcontinental island in search of the elusive platinum Darjeeling of the Sabaragamuwa … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
by Alex Gordon “I’m a creature of apologetic paranoia,” I told Joanna, sitting in the holding cell. “Which is to say I’m not a trusting person,” fumbling my thumbs to illustrate the point, “I’m an anxious person and I’m sorry.” Perhaps she hadn’t heard me, so I repeated, “Sorry,” with a hint of a question … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
by Sarah Roberts In 1989, the rattling course of a demented heartbreak had threatened to extinguish Philip James Flood, from without and within. During a gloomy period of enforced isolation, Philip lay groaning on a mattress whilst his soul, absorbed in the agony of a full-scale reassessment, got to work on repair. It had begun … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
By Andrew F. Sullivan I can’t blow up a balloon by myself. Not all the way. So far I have sixteen grey and yellow balloons sprouting like some tumours from each kitchen wall at odd angles. A few of the diseased bubbles dangle from the ceiling, shrivelling as the minutes pass. Yellow and gray. She … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
By Doug Shiloh Torin heard a click. A weapon was being cocked. Someone was going to shoot him. He calmly bent down on his left knee onto the cement and re-laced his right tennis shoe. From there – he’d leap. Old Lens Eye won’t know what’s happening, he thought. Old Lens Eye will not take … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
By Alex Gordon I have flies. Behind my curtains they buzz and bump against the window towards sheets of bright concrete, clumsy and blind convections like entropy. The hourlong genocides prove futile, as every morning finds them reemerging with fresh numbers. Not vigorously though, they’re lethargic and accepting of swat. I’ll kill thirty in a … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
Dear Mr. Newsom: I am writing to protest the article written about me in the latest issue of your journal. The offensively titled “Pretty PhD’s Primate Politics: The Story of Jane Macdonald’s Well-Intentioned Experiment” by Ronald Burke is a work of sensationalistic drivel that stands noticeably out of place in Hypothesis Magazine.
Fiction, Literature
By Katherine J. Barrett Dave drove the half-mile to his neighbourhood gym, every morning, every week, sure as the southern sun. He parked his Lexus in the corner spot, his spot essentially, slipped a reflective foil onto the dash and locked all the doors with a chirp. From six fifteen until seven, Dave pounded the … Continue Reading
Fiction, Literature
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