WET FEET, DRY FEET by Taylor Lovullo
WET FEET, DRY FEETby Taylor Lovullo
HAVANA, 1994It was exactly 2:30am, and Joaquin left his small house located in Vedado, a small neighborhood outside of the city. He shut the door quietly behind him, and...
AND THEN WHAT COULD YOU DO? By Maureen McCafferty
AND THEN WHAT COULD YOU DO?by Maureen McCafferty
The doctor stood behind her desk, offering a steady hand and smile, as if Maeve had come to open a checking account. As if Maeve could— her...
THE CELLAR by Laura Solomon
THE CELLARBy Laura Solomon
When we found Sam he weighed only 14 kilos and was nonverbal. It was very difficult to communicate with him. If you got too close to him he would bite. I...
DR. PERKINS by Heide Arbitter
DR. PERKINSby Heide Arbitter
Dr. Perkins signed up immediately. It was in the desert, after all, his favorite vacation spot. Not many other dermatologists approved of these desert landscapes, which made the days there more...
DAMAGE COLLATERAL by Susannah Luthi
DAMAGE COLLATERALby Susannah Louise
part i
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure...
A KIND GESTURE by Anthony Saunders
A KIND GESTUREby Anthony Saunders
It was a dark night, like the others he’d experienced before it. He was always walking but never knew why, he had a great life, ton of money but one...
FORREST HILLS by John Tavares
FOREST HILLSJohn Tavares
After Ollie served nearly a full sentence, officials decided to release him from the juvenile detention facility early. They shortened his detention term after he helped administer First Aid to a fellow...
SOMEDAY I’LL BE PRESIDENT by Daniel White
SOMEDAY I’LL BE PRESIDENTby D.S. White
What to do? What to do? That was the question.Today we would graduate together, Michael, Charles, Tony and I. All gentlemen. Scholars, maybe. Learned, to a degree. Admired by...
HAVE YOU READ BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Richard Dokey
HAVE YOU READ THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV?By Richard Dokey
Thunder boomed behind the blackened sky. Arthur Hollenbeck ducked into the tiny pastry shop. He shook his overcoat. A few drops of water ran down behind the...
BEFORE THE DINER by Tim Urban
BEFORE THE DINERby Timothy Urban
Driving down the interstate with his Uncle Tucker behind the wheel, Mathew stewed over how he was going to get back at that bully Sam Milton. As soon as his...