Category: literary
Summer Night, City Adjacent by Nathan Thompson “Which one’s this now?” one old-timer asked another. They sat…
Vanity Killed Me By Arielle Tschinkel ONE The sun had already set the stage for an Irish…
King Leonidas by Keith Manos I stop eating whenever Dad tells the story about King Leonidas. How…
Last Connection by James Newman It was The Bluetones, Slight Return, recorded out at Ridge Farm, ’96,…
Silken Ribbon by Mehreen Ahmed Fifteen year old Dulal gets off a rickshaw. A car edges out…
The Great Divide by Barry Garelick The journey from Michigan to San Francisco took five days starting…
The Lawyer by Sandra Kolankiewicz After he died, for the first couple of days I felt shocked,…
This Is Our Now by AJ Becker “This looks promising”, spoke the voice of Clive Tyldesley, as…
There at the Show by Steven Robnett A bumpy, unpleasant ride later, the shuttle bus finally drew…
Reacquaintance by Barry Garelick Claudine lost her vision when she was four, starting with blurring and dimming,…
Ecotone by Oindrila Ghosal “The Swamp” “Is it going to rain?” I mumbled without looking into the…
The Saltness of Time By Randy Attwood “I like these kinds of snows. They cancel things…
Dinner at Margot’s by Nicholas Foldesi “We’re launching a big initiative at the Department of Commerce…
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The Comic Who Stopped Joking Around by Eric Green Patty Logan’s five golden rules of life seemed…
The Only One She Can Rely On by Huina Zheng Father says a divorced woman will be…
Silkworms by Huina Zheng She first remembered the sunlight streaming through the blinds, not the room itself….
Take Three by Rory Kilalea Take One Pushing through the throng of suit jackets, the smell of…
Newberry’s Greatest Challenge (Otherwise Known as The Unhappy Tale of Benjamin Gray) by Daryl Rothman By the…
Horror Vacui by Michael Zadoorian She was handing out rolls of Smarties with bible verses on them….
I Have Somewhere To Be by Alaina Hammond I am not a pre-school teacher. I want to…
How To Win At A Job In Food Retail by Bradford Middleton As the train hurtles back…
FILE 731 by WALTER MANCUSO A Novella, unabridged. He liked Americans. The Americans liked him; they called…
Skunk Hours by T.R. Healy “My mind’s not right.”— Robert Lowell, Skunk Hour “Damn it!” Scoble groaned…
The Tyndell Guarantee by Tyler Dowey Every lawn on Almeca Avenue is perfectly manicured down to the…