FAMILY SECRETS by Chris Morey
Baz came swinging down our street, whistling some last-year’s hit, out of tune. After nine months banged up courtesy of Her Majesty, he was as happy as anyone would be.
DROWNING IN SILVERFISH by Lauren Colwell Steinke
I met myself the day before the Fourth of July. I was sitting in a nondescript coffee shop in my hometown, they’d torn down the deli I used to go to with...
THE ONE WITH THE BAG by Carlos Reynoso
“Sorry for the tough way we brought you here, but it was for security and important purposes,” said a man with a tone of a mix between a young person and an...
THE CELESTIAL DIPLOMAT by Vivien Schwarz
The Celestial Diplomat
He arrived three quarters past midnight, on foot. His car lay in a ravine a mile down the road, and his jeans and feet were...
THE BRIEF, UNHAPPY EXISTENCE OF GAY DOBBIN by Randall Ivey
As one year ends and another begins, one invariably, inevitably waxes nostalgic, particularly with regard to those he has lost, they being the most important people to him. My parents, Emory...
