WORRIED FATHER-TO-BE – A short story by Norbert Kovacs
WORRIED FATHER-TO-BEBy Norbert Kovacs
The doctor had disliked how the medical student had cleaned a wound during operation and wanted to talk about it during his break. The doctor was off in twenty minutes but...
FIRST MOVE – A short story by Sara Mortimer-Boyd
FIRST MOVEBy Sara Mortimer-Boyd
Identical houses emerged in great numbers to encircle this secluded desert wilderness. Patty had nothing to do, so on the Saturday morning before voting day, she took her teenage daughter to...
TOXIC – A short story by Nya Jackson
VIOLET ABSTRACTby Nya Jackson
I wasn’t able to bail Violet out of jail the third time she got arrested because she died in police custody. She’d only been in the holding cell for thirteen hours,...
THRIFTY’s by Tony D’Aloisio
THRIFTY'SBy Tony D'Aloisio
You could see him through the glass of the front doors as we came walking along up the sidewalk of the Kilkenny shopping center. Chuck. Standing in front of that one pinball...
SCRY – A short story by Jason D. Grunn
SCRY By Jason D. Grunn
I’m getting sick of waiting. I’ll have a trapping expert within the next hour? They shouldhave extended that estimate by two, or even three. Checking the sun dial on the...
THE WONDERER by David Massey
THE WONDERERBy David Massey
In all times Eadwine has known the loneliness of a Frankenstein’s monster, without father, mother, or natural ties, and little wonder is it that the most long-ago of his Germanic selves--earth-walker,...
CONNECT THE DOTS by Alex Clark-McGlenn
CONNECT THE DOTSBy Alex Clark-McGlenn
Author's Note: The names of those involved in this piece have been changed to protect their privacy.
10:40pm February 23rd
I’m just home when Jessie calls me into the living room. I...
WASTED LIFE IDIOT by Katie Baker
WASTED LIFE IDIOTBy Katie Baker
The morning it broke was brilliant, a warm June morning as clear as water in a crystal glass. The sun rode high in the sky by 10:00, and the leaves...
TWIN ESCALADE – A short story by John Tavares
TWIN ESCALADEBy John Tavares
Gasping, David called from the telephone in the hospital emergency department. After three attempts, he remembered his niece’s cell phone number. Coughing, he called Sofia at the gym, where she freelanced...