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...
THE MAN IN CUBICLE 2200 by Heide Arbitter
THE MAN IN CUBICLE 2200By Heide Arbitter
As a boy, he lived in a largely unfurnished thirty room mansion. His pious parents did not let him play with toys,...
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...
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...
HE HAD A LOT OF STUFF by Thomas Tomlinson
HE HAD A LOT OF STUFFby Thomas Tomlinson
Greg was not a neighbor you would want to have. He would always play loud music. The neighbors were always asking...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...