Big Ugly Review

welcome

Admit it. We look fantastic.
I mean, just look at us! We're still big and we're still ugly, but my God. We can hardly stop looking at ourselves.

And it's fitting, isn't it, that we have gotten this gorgeous makeover just in time for "The Body" issue. They say that true beauty comes from what's inside, and we've got the total package here... beauty inside and out.

Inside you'll read stories about scratchy bodies, aging bodies, re-imagined bodies, yellow bodies, and live-doll bodies. You'll read about the intestinal lengths of the Japanese and the disembodiment that comes with grief... More »

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Fiction

And so it begins...

Tram

by Peter Orner

Frost

by Mary Kolesnikova

Baby Go Bye Bye

by Wendy Van Landingham

Flash fiction

Woman From the Mainland

by Mark MacNamara

Out on a Limb

by Kristina Moriconi

The Old Man's Daughter Never Came Home

by Chad Morgan

Short story

The Twelve Steps of Don't Say It in So Many Words

by Angela Marino

Love So Divine

by RG McCartney

Camo

by Sabrina Tom

Heavy or Prolonged Bleeding

by Michelle Morrison

non-Fiction

Suburban Hottentot

by Laura Fraser

Prison Face-off

by Joe Loya

Six Things I Will Not Say Tomorrow at my Father's Funeral

by Derek Patton Pearcy

Oracles, Egypt and Auras

by Mimi Ghez

My Eczema, Myself

by Laura Barcella

A Gut Above

by Andy Raskin

Poetry

Scots Wed

by John M. Anderson

Home Bridal

by John M. Anderson

Aperture

by Amanda Field

Winter Landscape

by Amanda Field

Prologue to Heartbreak

by Amanda Field

Homesick Poem

by Denise Dooley

First Time I Saw Grandpa Shirtless

by Grey Held

score

by Edward Smallfield

Film

The Dive

by Kia Simon

Music

Just So Ya Know

by Audrey Howard

We Paint the Walls

by Sez Giulian

An Eye for an Eye

by Thomas Kilts

antihero

by Vanessa Peters

Photo Essay

The Question of the Year

by Daniel Hernandez

The Body

by Stephanie Gene Morgan

welcome Admit it. We look fantastic. I mean, just look at us! We're still big and we're still ugly, but my God. We can hardly stop looking at ourselves. And it's fitting, isn't it, that we have gotten this gorgeous makeover just in time for "The Body" issue. They say that true beauty comes from what's inside, and we've got the total package here... beauty inside and out. Inside you'll read stories about scratchy bodies, aging bodies, re-imagined bodies, yellow bodies, and live-doll bodies. You'll read about the intestinal lengths of the Japanese and the disembodiment that comes with grief... More » News Editing and Writing Coaching Stay tuned for the Stolen Issue Check Out TheRumpus.net What is "The Stolen Issue"? "Fight or Flight" release party photos First photos from the Release Party Come to the Issue #7 Release Party! Utne Magazine thinks we're "great" subscribe Mailing List Join our mailing list for news about events, upcoming issues and new publications!	Fiction And so it begins... Tram by Peter Orner Frost by Mary Kolesnikova Baby Go Bye Bye by Wendy Van Landingham Flash fiction Woman From the Mainland by Mark MacNamara Out on a Limb by Kristina Moriconi The Old Man's Daughter Never Came Home by Chad Morgan Short story The Twelve Steps of Don't Say It in So Many Words by Angela Marino Love So Divine by RG McCartney Camo by Sabrina Tom Heavy or Prolonged Bleeding by Michelle Morrison	non-Fiction Suburban Hottentot by Laura Fraser Prison Face-off by Joe Loya Six Things I Will Not Say Tomorrow at my Father's Funeral by Derek Patton Pearcy Oracles, Egypt and Auras by Mimi Ghez My Eczema, Myself by Laura Barcella A Gut Above by Andy Raskin	Poetry Scots Wed by John M. Anderson Home Bridal by John M. Anderson Aperture by Amanda Field Winter Landscape by Amanda Field Prologue to Heartbreak by Amanda Field Homesick Poem by Denise Dooley First Time I Saw Grandpa Shirtless by Grey Held score by Edward Smallfield
		Film The Dive by Kia Simon	Music Just So Ya Know by Audrey Howard We Paint the Walls by Sez Giulian An Eye for an Eye by Thomas Kilts antihero by Vanessa Peters
		Photo Essay The Question of the Year by Daniel Hernandez The Body by Stephanie Gene Morgan