THE MISSING MASTER by David McVey
THE MISSING MASTERby David McVey
The night before I addressed the conference, I was lying in bed in a tiny room in a Hall of Residence. I picked up...
THE PHOTOGRAPH by Marcella Meeks
THE PHOTOGRAPHby Marcella Simmons
Last week, my husband Gene and I went to Santa Fe, New Mexico for our fifteenth anniversary. Santa Fe is where we met and we...
THIS IS SOMETHING by Ryan Johnson
THIS IS SOMETHINGby Ryan Johnson
“ADAM GO!! YOU HAVE TO GO, I’M WORKING RIGHT NOW!!” My voice echoed throughout the noise-rich air of a sunny commerce driven weekday in...
MEDIEVAL MUSIC FROM MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITIES by Ted Morrissey
MEDIEVAL MUSIC FROM MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITIESBy Ted Morrissey
An ER nurse called Frannie’s name, and she and Beth walked through the extrawide double doors which then swung closed behind them....
THE GARBAGE MAN by Rachael Peralez
THE GARBAGE MANBy R. Peralez
The note reads:‘Dear Garbage man, Please make sure you get ALL the trash out of the can.Thanks! The Brewsters’
I stand there just...
FAST LANE by Katie Rose
FAST LANEby Katie Rose
I start slow, creepin’ down the dirt road in first gear, my bare foot just kissin’ the gas pedal. I need my fix though, so...
LET’S MAKE A DEAL by Nicolette Munoz
LET’S MAKE A DEALby Nikki Munoz
“I want to renegotiate the terms of our relationship.”What the actual fuck?“I—okay?”“I say this because I genuinely want to be your friend. I...
THEY SELL THEIR SOULS TO STRANGERS by Wendra Colleen
THEY SELL THEIR SOULS TO STRANGERSby Wendra Colleen
When the Women of Bourbon Street become ghosts, they are the last to realize it. They’ve been tossed out and forgotten,...
MISS CRAMICKLE by Geoffrey Heptonstall
MISS CRAMICKLEby Geoffrey Heptonstall
How could I forget the year we were taught by Miss Amy Carmichael? I ask myself this because I heard news of her yesterday. How...
THE BEES by Robby Pettit
THE BEESby Robby Pettit
Detective Earl Smith and his son sat in the cop car. The world outside was green and plastic, awash in yellow sunlight. No bird chirped,...