THE MAYOR OF JOESTOWN by Nancy Lines
THE MAYOR OF JOESTOWNby Nancy Lines
As the car began losing speed, all the lights on the dash lit up, leaving no question there was a serious problem under the hood. It was more than...
TWENTY-SEVEN VELVET BOXES by Zia Marshall
TWENTY-SEVEN VELVET BOXESBy Zia Marshall Shoma scooped up her hair into a ponytail as she ran down the stairs to get breakfast ready for Farhaan. Soft sunlight filtered in through the large picture window that...
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 ages were invited to drop a...
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 she would convince Vergie to have...
A FOUR-LETTER WORD by James Brennan
A FOUR-LETTER WORDby James Brennan
Jack Broderick, who worked in human resources at a prestigious university’s school of government, had made a career out of playing it safe, so he wasn’t crazy about the exposure...
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 a bench in the bus shelter...
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 like half an hour. What are...
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 above the horizon, getting in people’s...
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 one so royally pronounced weekly to...
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 Friday game. “It makes me feel...