THE MIRACLE OF ESTELLE by Joram Piatigorsky
THE MIRACLE OF ESTELLEby Joram Piatigorsky
For the third time in a row Benjamin didn’t have a single matching pair in the cards he held in his hands. His...
MEETING MELISSA by Edith Boyd
MEETING MELISSAby Edith Boyd
The gate guard’s voice was different. Less deferential.“Mrs. Palmer, there’s a young woman named Melissa here to see you. ““Did she tell you her...
A NATIVE AUSPICE by Joseph Garcia
A NATIVE AUSPICEby Joseph Garcia
I can hear the teeth of the comb scrape against my scalp. I tightly clench my jaw without a sound to prove my grit...
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...
STRANGERS NO MORE by Tara Lynn Marta
STRANGERS NO MOREBy Tara Lynn Marta
Stacey didn’t want much out of life. Just happiness and stability. It wasn’t a lot for a young woman of seventeen to ask...
THE ELEVENTH INCIDENT by Bruce A. Heap
THE ELEVENTH INCIDENTby Bruce A. Heap
Writers as we know are an odd lot. Rarely are they satisfied with a work and when they are, they are at the...
FIRST SIP by Haley Biermann
FIRST SIPby Haley Biermann
Everything is more charming in Harvard Square. The thought occurs to me as I approach the wooden framed doors of the slightly curved Starbucks on...
BYRESH by Virginia Duke
BYRESHby Virginia Duke
Byresh watched Katie scoot quartered hardboiled egg and cubes of ham to the side of her salad and squirt ranch dressing all over the top. She...
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...
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,...