THE GATS CLUB by Kedrick Nettleton
THE GATS CLUBBy Kedrick Nettleton
The sun was in that awkward, end-of-summer stage, where it refused to completely set at the end of the day and hung just slightly...
WILLOUGHBY by Charlotte Freccia
WILLOUGHBYby Charlotte Freccia
Clara Richardson had two sisters, and of the three of them, Clara was the least beautiful and had the least interesting name. Clara’s older sister, Eliora,...
SOME OTHER SIDE by Leslie Johnson
SOME OTHER SIDEBy Leslie Johnson
Yesterday I attended my grandson’s “Baby Is Brewing” party at a new beer garden in St. Paul, where male and female guests of all...
HOMECOMING by Emelyn Grace Jaros
HOMECOMINGBy Emelyn Grace Jaros
The radio was less staticy that I remembered. Jason Aldean’s twang had only to compete with the whir of the AC and the rumble of...
THE HITCHHIKER by Joseph Washburn
THE HITCHHIKERBy Joseph Washburn
I sat it in the passenger seat of the pickup, the August heat already making the outside unbearable. Slowly, I slid my hand under my...
DUST by Maggie Slepian
DUSTBy Maggie Slepian
I was at a stoplight, the one that never seems to be green no matter which direction you come from. It was the part of town...
SOLO ACT by Malcolm Garcia
SOLO ACTBy Malcolm Garcia
She holds a yellow feather.--Do you know anything about birds? she asks.He shakes his head, no, and moves over to make room for her on...
LAST NIGHT by Cassie Lawson
LAST NIGHTBy Cassie Lawson
“Do you want to get high tonight?”I nearly dropped the receiver and choked on my Dorritos. “Wha- wait. What?”“I can come pick you up in...
A ROOM FOR TWO by Cristina Oramas
A ROOM FOR TWOBy Cristina Oramas
Sweat made her tight white dress cling to her curvy figure. “Why do you always make me meet you in such dingy motels?”...
APPOINTMENT IN ZANESVILLE by Don Dussault
APPOINTMENT IN ZANESVILLEBy Don Dussault
Bustling more than usual this morning, Thelma sets the omelet platter down hard before me and deftly slides an omelet into my plate, then...