Nerves Between Song – Geoffrey Olsen
Even as human exceptionalism and capitalist greed threaten the survival of “other worlds,” life manages to return amid the ruins.
In Raisa Tolchinsky’s take on Dante’s INFERNO, we are ushered into hell not by Virgil but by a chorus of female boxers.
A Queen Without a Country: Nate Lippens
I knew from a young age that language was a weapon and I wanted to be able to fend for myself in that realm. Not merely defend or rebuff what came at me, but to draw blood.
Reservoir Bitches – Dahlia de la Cerda
In a country that has one of the world’s highest femicide rates, an irreverent tongue works as an imperfect, slapdash shield.
Misinterpretation – Ledia Xhoga
[Xhoga’s narrator] lives a double life, oscillating between a state of deep intimacy and complete isolation.
[The protagonist’s] worst fears about the corrupting properties of domination have come true. They have moved through this particular crosscurrent of power and emerged someone they never wanted to be.
Call for Applications: 2024 Full Stop Editorial Fellows
Full Stop invites applications for two Full Stop Editorial Fellows. These six-month fellowships invite early career writers or editors to independently envision, commission, and edit an issue of the Full Stop Quarterly.
I kept dreaming of a book where there was genuine friendship between mother and daughter.
Mothersland – Shahzoda Samarqandi
Mahtab has translated herself into her mother, and she has translated the past to make it her own.
Love the World or Get Killed Trying – Alvina Chamberland
A dangerous hypervisibility . . . follows trans women onto every street corner, every subway car, every first date with a man, making us less safe every day of our lives.