THE CREEDE CONUNDRUM by Mari Wise
THE CREEDE CONUNDRUMby Mari Wise
It’s been eight months since I have seen my family and it’s about time I got back to them. The stresses of life smothered...
NEW YORK SOUVENIR by Luke Bandy
NEW YORK SOUVENIRby Luke Bandy
Fred held the copper coin in his fingertips. Its color almost matched his hair and its value matched how he felt about himself. He...
DEADLY LONELY QUIET WILDERNESS by Lazar Trubman
DEADLY LONELY QUIET WILDERNESSBy Lazar Trubman
A glade on the hill; on the glade – an old hut. Couple of windows, dilapidated roof, crooked porch crying for a fix....
TERRIBLE BLUE by Peter Hoppock
TERRIBLE BLUEBy Peter Hoppock The pure blue sky peals in Barton’s ears like a single note from a church organ; harsh and unrelenting enough to shatter the thick glass of the picture window...
MEADOWS by Whitney Judd
MEADOWSby Whitney Judd
"Lenore, Sing! Hang your head out the window! Sing! Look, here we are!""We're not there yet, Momma." The girl, still thick and slow with sleep, hung...
THE HOUSE ON EAST ORANGE STREET by Toni Morgan
THE HOUSE ON EAST ORANGE STREETBy Toni Morgan
Homer and Naomi lived in the house on East Orange Street fifty-seven years, forty of them Homer going off to work...
VICISSITUDE by James Tucker
VICISSITUDEby James Tucker
“You can’t miss the giant weeping beech in the back yard”. Those are the last of the directions the landlord gave me. He was not...
TRYING AGAIN by Fran Turner
TRYING AGAINby Fran Turner
Marcella remembers the shotgun pointed at her face. Like the robber’s third eye, hard and filled with a dull smolder. First, the terror paralyzed her,...
MARCH AROUND THE FIELD by Sam Gridley
MARCH AROUND THE FIELDby Sam Gridley
“I want to march around the field and sing again,” Lexie announced as she stepped into the living room. Meg gaped at her.Outside,...
THE BLUE HAT by Linda Juliano
THE BLUE HATby Linda Juliano
Allison dragged fear and exhaustion behind her like a steer straining against a yoke as she followed the dirt path around one of several...
