Fiction

Today, Cheryl is five: The number is startling, a near impossibility. Last night, roosting in her nest of unraveled mittens, in the stone alcove under the metro’s vaulted ceiling, Cheryl had considered her age with pride. Five! Most urban-dwelling pigeons didn’t live past the tender age of two. Both her parents had died when she …

Associate Editor Kate Jayroe: Dorf’s patient scrutiny surrounding cause and effect commingles so wonderfully with the iterative formal moves of this flash fiction. Dynamic and profound, “Conditional” cultivates a deep and singular feeling of care. Listen to Dorf read their micro: Conditional If after   a bad night I need someone to blame, there are so many candidates. Streetlights. …

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