~ “Subtraction” in Zone 3

“…Trish’s hand became sweaty and she squeezed it from Mark’s and wiped it on her pants and that’s when this pickup truck passed, whizzed by, and she noticed the What Would Jesus Do? bumper sticker, and the stop sign, and she heard this grinding sound, like a zipper opening up, only wetter, and then she held out her hand for Mark’s only to find vacant air…”

-Zone 3 Issue 26.2 (Fall 2011) is available for purchase through Small Press Distribution. There’s also a great pair of Sherman Alexie poem’s in the issue, which Zone 3 put online as a sample. It’s definitely a subscription-worthy issue.