Suss: another literary journal

• A High School Sophomore Leans Forward

  by D.V. Chatfield

  “Mark piv­ots his left foot a quar­ter inch to the right, won­ders if Liza Chapman hears the squeak, piv­ots it back, won­ders why he didn’t know that would just mean another squeak...”

• Beggars Can’t

  by William Walsh

  “Beggars can’t be self-aggrandizing. Beggars can’t be in two places at once. Beggars can’t be ATMs. Beggars can’t be remote. Beggars can’t be incor­po­rated. Beggars can’t be par­tial to the fugue...”

• Strangers

  by Amy Forgue

  “The man is rid­ing his bike in small cir­cles through the widest, thick­est part of it, the place where all the for­est comes together, hov­er­ing. Like he is tying a knot, around and around again in loops, block­ing my path entirely. He is wear­ing a dark, lumpy jacket, his long hair pulled into a pony­tail at the back of his neck...”

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