HIS HOME by Effy Rose
HIS HOMEBy Effy Rose
It’s the house I grew up in, but everything’s different. Forty years ago, I left it to care for itself, and I suppose it has....
DEALING WITH DAPHNE by Henry Simpson
DEALING WITH DAPHNEBy Henry Simpson
Daphne had already worked her way into Vergie’s confidence, displaced Lily in her life. Now she was pushing her out of the house. Soon...
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?”...
QUEEN’S GAMBIT by Lazar Trubman
QUEEN'S GAMBITBy Lazar Trubman
“I’m not particularly against telemarketers, but if they could only use a little more improvisation,” says Bill Stubbs setting out the chessmen for our usual...
LINGER by Jessica Olivos
LINGERBy Jessica Olivos
LingerUntil one day I heard it. I heard the song. I heard the beautiful orchestra in the beginning then her voice bringing me to life. I...
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...
THE GIFT by Libby Belle
THE GIFTby Libby Belle
The nausea was bad enough to send her jumping out the window, only her house was a one-story and crashing to her death just wasn’t possible...
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...
MISS NOMER by Ross Dreiblatt
MISS NOMERBy Ross Dreiblatt
“A true Queen of the Valley always carries herself with the utmost grace, style and speaks clearly with the occasional well placed vulgarity.”This phrase, the...
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...