DOG’S LOVE by Dave Gregory
DOG’S LOVEby Dave Gregory
Sheila often said: “I love animals more than most people. Maybe all people.” She meant it. Though utterly devastating, her father’s sudden death and her mother’s drawn out demise never reached the same...
A FEW DOZEN EGGS by John Wells
A FEW DOZEN EGGSby John Wells
He is standing in the batter’s box in Oriole Park at Camden Yards facing Roger Clemens wearing a Baltimore Orioles uniform. The bases are loaded in the bottom of...
THE FOX AND ITS CATCHER by J.R. Night
THE FOX AND ITS CATCHERby J.R. Night
Oh, he would get him today. Months had passed, and he had maintained this charade long enough. All students were required to eat their lunch in the cafeteria....
AQUARIUS by Robert Perron
AQUARIUSby Robert Perron
Rita appears in Stan's doorway forearms extended, middle fingers raised. A faded AC/DC T-shirt—red thunderbolt on black background—hangs past her knees. She's short, thinks Stan, but who isn’t these days? The last...
BLUE FEATHERS by Evan Massey
BLUE FEATHERSby Evan Massey
Sharon wanted to go out west to try her hand at movies. She told me she was done with school.“It’s not for me,” she said.She said, that she had wasted two...
BLISTERING EYES by Bettina Rotenberg
BLISTERING EYESby Bettina Rotenberg
She woke up and carefully climbed down from the large bed which seemed like a vast sea of pillows, sheets, and quilt, rumpled now, as she tried to organize her covers...
THE SINGING SCALLOP by Annabelle Blomeley
THE SINGING SCALLOPby Annabelle Blomeley
The Singing Scallop Restaurant held its fifteenth anniversary on the day Hurricane Robert starting raining down onto the town of Winnie Shores. Out the windows, customers could see what looked...
EASY WAY by Alexa Findlay
EASY WAYby Alexa Findlay
He sits at his spotless wooden desk reviewing the patient’s dental history. Perfect teeth and no cavities.His stomach drops to his knees, as he sees the name Veronica Reeve printed at the top...
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURKEY by E. P. Tuazon
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURKEYby E. P. Tuazon
My colleague, Faruk Irgulu, was talking. Faruk was the head of our English Department at the school we taught at and sometimes that...
BLUE WATER by Andrew Mitin
BLUE WATERby Andrew Mitin
The Home
Twilight moon through now-falling snow. The quiet flakes embrace over asphalt fissures of street bed. The world has changed since last the sun. Benevolent spirits have been decorating and...