I Start at the Star—

I Start at the Star—

by | Sep 7, 2026 | Bubbler

by Dr. Tara Zafft of India. Day two, still not sure which time zone my body is in, I walk south. It’s safe. I know the Embarcadero, worked across the street at the Tax Collector when I was in college. Hung out in cafes at Seaport Village. Little Italy. This is my...
The Moment Before It Passes

The Moment Before It Passes

by | Aug 31, 2026 | Bubbler

My Prisoner and Other Stories by Tyler McAndrew Mad Creek Books / The Ohio State University Press. 218 pp. The publicity apparatus around debut short fiction tends to flatten everything it touches into its most legible claim. My Prisoner and Other Stories has been...
“Dawn” by Chris Bullard

“Dawn” by Chris Bullard

by | Apr 17, 2026 | Bubbler

DawnI have put out things of the best quality:breakfast linens as comfortable as grassy hillsides,snug silver teaspoons beside roan-colored tea. Our room explodes with carnal rosiness.The sun opens above the windowsilllike a crimson amaryllisand the sky retreats,...
I Didn’t by Kristen Keckler

I Didn’t by Kristen Keckler

by | Apr 8, 2026 | Bubbler

I didn’t with my first boyfriend, a track star I used for his prep school windbreaker. His divorced parents, the FBI Special Agent dad I never met, and cold, harried mom I did, seemed to have too many kids, four in...