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Namrata’s Secrets by Rathin Bhattacharjee “I told him that my marriage was fixed and that I wasn’t gonna be a pain in the a– anymore. But before we called our relationship quits, I just...
An Afternoon at the Ball Game by Ashok Shenolikar My dad wants me to be an Engineer. I want to be someone else. I don’t know what. As a ninth-grader at the Fairfax High...
A Journey to the West by Lance Mason # Jehan Arjani longed for Poona town and the peace of the Fire Temple’s cloistered gardens. He was gutted by the loss of his close comrade...
The Safe Cracker by Ian C. Dawkins Moore Reed Tims looked at the grim-encrusted edges of the safe which was petrified into the wall. It was an old one all right, and there was...
Tyler, Trey, And The Trolls by David L Graham Tyler gave Trey a high five and said, “I wasn’t sure this piece of overrated rocketry would make it from The U.T.A. Gibbons. I had...
Big Bessie and Harriet by Debra J. White “Stop that,” Big Bessie the cat said as she ran from the strange man yelling at her. The plump pussy hurried through the alley, filled with...
The Desert Calls by Ramona Scarborough Cacti and coyotes. Dust devils and tumbleweeds. Rattlesnakes and prairie dogs. Heat shimmering across asphalt. Miles of scrubby sagebrush. Too much empty space. She’d only seen pictures of...
Big Purple Boxes by Caroline Smith Picture a self-storage company called Big Purple Boxes, situated just off the grey and grimy North Circular Road on the outer edge of Cricklewood in northwest London. It’s...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reader discretion is advised. This is a work of fiction set in a different era of 1960s. Culture and society and propriety has changed since then. Scenes, characters, actions and words in...
There at the Show by Steven Robnett A bumpy, unpleasant ride later, the shuttle bus finally drew up to a stop in front of the Madeline Hotel. Traveling light, with only a garment bag,...
Riptides by Pierce Scranton Tyler Michelson was eight the first time he saw Useless Bay. It was the biggest sandbox he’d ever seen in the whole wide world. The pristine beach stretched from their...
Reacquaintance by Barry Garelick Claudine lost her vision when she was four, starting with blurring and dimming, gradually worsening until she saw nothing. When she was told that she would eventually be blind, she...
What was I thinking, returning to education at my age? I’m ridiculous. I look around at the other students. They’re so confident, with tattoos, ripped jeans, and skin-tight tops showing pert bud breasts. Their...
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