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When SixByEight Press first launched in those early months of 2016, there were a handful of people who we imagined — and hoped! — would be regular participants in this…

NATALIE GALLAGHER In this issue, we talk to Lizz Dworak, a graduate student in psychology at Northwestern University, about her experiences as a cosplayer — the craft, the characters, and…

SAM SCHANWALD Characters BEEF, narrator, happens to be a frozen slab of kosher beef in the snow, played by a man MIRIAM, an ex-orthodox-Jew, newly divorced, still wears the wig,…

SARAH GRACE VILLARREAL September 2000 The A/C kicked on, cooling Grandma’s unusually quiet house on this warm late summer afternoon. Where all our parents had gone, none of us were…

JONAH CAMPBELL The warm morning sun poured through the outstretched limbs of the Scots pines, the crisp ocean breeze tickling their needlelike leaves. The sprawling lawn from which the trees…

NEIL M. PAIK Supernova The world is not the same, When every pin drop reminds me of your name, When every drop of rain Is filled with the salt and…

KELLEY KIDD When I began writing with SixByEight Press two and a half years ago, I knew that what I loved most was writing. I’ve always known this about myself.…

In this issue, we celebrate the many forms, styles, and themes that can be conveyed through creative writing — ranging from personal essays to short plays, and everything in between.…

KRISTINA A Nectarines were my first addiction. On my fourth birthday, in the hot South Carolina summer, my mom bought me four huge, ripe, and juicy nectarines. Despite her warning…

SWEDIAN LIE If you were asked the question “what genre of music has the most references to drugs and illicit substances in its lyrics,” what would you have answered? If…