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The Interstitial strives to curate intelligent, insightful, and thought-provoking pieces about what it means to be human. We bring our readers a distilled view of the complexities, contradictions, and edges of humanity across all genres.
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The Play on Fourth Street
The Play on Fourth Street
Short fiction
Eve Annajane Writes
Oct 4
Hell-Hound-Warfare
Hell-Hound-Warfare
An Iraq-Afghanistan special report
Roman Newell
Oct 4
I Am Every Age That I Have Ever Been
I Am Every Age That I Have Ever Been
All selves simultaneously present
Stephanie Wilsey
Oct 3
Arrested
Arrested
By the storyline
J.D. Harms
Oct 3
The Man Who Got Sucked Inside the Phonograph
The Man Who Got Sucked Inside the Phonograph
And the third world bartender
Roman Newell
Oct 2
In the Room with No Mirrors
In the Room with No Mirrors
The clock keeps ticking
Ani Eldritch
Oct 2
The Present
The Present
Because I’m learning to accept What kindness looks like, I open the door without question
Maria Nazos
Oct 2
Trusting Good Things
Trusting Good Things
And not testing them to see if they’ll break
Roman Newell
Oct 1
The All-Night Diner Waitress, off Route 6, Cape Cod
The All-Night Diner Waitress, off Route 6, Cape Cod
She waits on booths and tables day and night on screaming feet; she carries fries and oysters: her left eye is battered blue as if she lost…
Maria Nazos
Oct 1
Pot Brownies
Pot Brownies
That night, we found them smothered in clear wrap in the freezer. We consumed the tasteless glaze
Maria Nazos
Sep 29
Greeting an Old Anxiety
Greeting an Old Anxiety
The return of an estranged acquaintance
Deborah McDow
Sep 29
100 thoughts in flight.
100 thoughts in flight.
I fly because it frees my mind from the tyranny of trifles. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Black on white. Words from Mari
Sep 28
A Dog Named Boy
A Dog Named Boy
To love another.
Phoebe Solomon
Sep 28
To the Drunk Cousin Who Cursed Me Out on Facebook
To the Drunk Cousin Who Cursed Me Out on Facebook
I understand why people spray black coils on white walls. I, too, have felt that urge to drag a key across
Maria Nazos
Sep 28
Lemon drips Acid on the Sycamore
Lemon drips Acid on the Sycamore
A stream-of-consciousness
Nicole Paton
Sep 28
The Horizon Where Nearly Everything Disappeared
The Horizon Where Nearly Everything Disappeared
And everything left behind changed forever
Roman Newell
Sep 27
Are People Dying Fast Enough?
Are People Dying Fast Enough?
time-before, -now, and -after
Roman Newell
Sep 25
Mrs. Boyer and the Pruning Shears
Mrs. Boyer and the Pruning Shears
A reflection on safe-harbor
Roman Newell
Sep 24
Infinite
Infinite
They don’t call things like these temporary
Roman Newell
Sep 23
Apologies to My 19-Year-Old Barefoot Boutique Co-Worker
Apologies to My 19-Year-Old Barefoot Boutique Co-Worker
As customers pull chenille over their breasts, you and I make light summertime small talk
Maria Nazos
Sep 23
The Fireplace Won’t Turn On
The Fireplace Won’t Turn On
And I miss the thin iron coals
J.D. Harms
Sep 23
Smoke Alarm
Smoke Alarm
A watched pot never boils. An unwatched pot glazed with oil, left unattended after a draining
Maria Nazos
Sep 22
tomorrow, tomorrow
tomorrow, tomorrow
I am expectant of a sun, rising of a dutiful, heart of a mind, pristine of a world as machine
YCA
Sep 22
My Delusions Are Having Delusions
My Delusions Are Having Delusions
The uncanny proliferation of mental events
Ulf Wolf
Sep 22
Maria
Maria
The girl with the poetry, refracted through glass
Roman Newell
Sep 20
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