Taco Bell is shit. I know this. It’s not Mexican food, Tex-Mex, or some other hyphenated equivalent. It’s mass-marketed meat product. It’s baby food that’s...
Eat Shit: McDonalds, by Zoe Marquedant
I call my parents habitually most weekends, but that Sunday I avoided telling them more than usual. I merely said I was having brunch with...
Women Who Write: Zoe Marquedant, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
I am sitting in front of a half-eaten burrito bowl in a booth at 1020. I text Zoe, “quick— what do you want to drink”...
Women Who Write: Catherine Northington, Interviewed by Paulina Pinsky
Catherine and I are standing on the train platform waiting for the one train. We’re both bitching about things we hate, so I decide this...
Hell of a Town: “On Subterranean Stew”, by Catherine Northington
My commute to school is an easy one. Sometimes. It’s straightforward—for New York, anyway: I hop on the ⅔ in Prospect Heights and ride that...
Hell of a Town: Cafes, by Catherine Northington
This was going to be a piece about pigeons. Oh, God, this was going to be a piece about pigeons—and I sat down here, in...
Purgatory by Paulina Ferrante: Cat Boner
My phone buzzes. I answer as I step out into the hallway: “Hi there, how is Jack Bird doing?” Luckily, I had a five minute...
Hell of a Town by Catherine Northington: The Man With The Hats
“I think the guy outside is a Giants fan,” I told my boyfriend over the phone late one August morning, peering out my window in...
Dispatches From The Burn Unit by Brendan Gauthier: Chewing Tobacco
I message my roommate from undergrad, Chris, who was then known for dipping because it wasn’t something a lot of people did where I went...
Peter, In The Buff: Tom’s Diner by Peter Hoffman
On the corner of 112th and Broadway a familiar red neon sign glows, leading hoards of students and tourists through its doors. Perhaps they’re hoping...
Barflies Vol. 2
(editor’s note: Beau/Brady are pseudonymous character names) Barflies Vol. 2 Vanguard Wine Bar, New York, New York March 2017 7 o’clock P.M. Original Illustration...
An Illustrated Gift Guide for the Gay Aries in Your Life, by Caitlin Brady
In a dim and crowded Greenwich Village wine bar I arrive late and flustered to meet Brendan Boston, a Harlem-based set designer whose work has...