The Last Thursday of the Century
"One armed man began kicking the handcuffed young men. Another in body armor smiled as he directed people to their homes. At dawn, from that backyard, they heard the sound...
Fall 2023 // Issue 105
Magazine
The Last Thursday of the Century
In Parastoo Geranmayeh’s surreal short story, “The Last Thursday of the Century,” Neda visits her family in the North of Iran. Together the family celebrate Nowruz (Persian New Year), while Neda is haunted by memories and regrets, both while she is sleeping and when she is awake.
Read NowFeaturing: Jodi Johnson, Katy Chrisler, Gregory Brown, Mary Laube and Mary F. Coats, Lise Balk King, Brandon Hobson, c3 Crew, Darien Gee, Claire Walla, and Parastoo Geranmayeh.
For our Fall 2023 issue, we'll be publishing pieces incrementally over the next couple weeks in order to showcase each writer and sufficiently promote their work online. Since River Styx is now free to read, and entirely online, you can easily share to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Threads.
Poetry
Omagh
By Jodi Johnson
Aiden, filler and a mixer bond I’ve been leaning into and learning someway...
Visual Media
Rescue Tactics
Mary Laube & Mary F. Coats
Every painter’s studio has an inventory of failed works...
Sestina on Segantini's "The Punishment of Lust"
"Alpswise in its white ruin, when the workers had the lead carbonate..."
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Common Sense
Before I left NYC to live in western South Dakota I did not know how much I did not know—that prairie grass undulates and shines like ocean waves in the...
In My Sister's House
When I walk up, Zeke-the-Dog is already in the car. They're taking him in. Gently put: helping him die. Gently put: killing him with less pain. On the radio, the...
