SORRY BETSY by Mimi Karabulut
SORRY BETSYby Mimi Karabulut I take a seat, but this table is all wrong. It’s too old for the room. The room has a modern feel to it, but the table is creaky...
GOFER ALL OR NOTHING by Katrina Johnston
GOFER ALL OR NOTHINGby Katrina Johnston
The speciality at the Hampton Grill is huge cheeseburgers with wedge-cut fries. I'm on the normal day shift now. Hooray! Lucky me. Compared...
THE COLDNESS OF PEARLS by Deirdre Barragry
THE COLDNESS OF PEARLSby Deirdre Barragry
Harry was so punctual he might have been mistaken for someone who wanted to be there. Twenty minutes early, as if about to...
EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS by Janet Barrow
EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROSby Janet Barrow
Señor Arellano walked slowly along Jiron Junín, his cane tapping nervously against the ground. The streets, a hive of agitated activity less...
OUR LAST MONTHS by Judith Helen Goode
OUR LAST MONTHSby Judith Helen Goode
My wife is dying of cancer.We have been together thirty years and stayed in love for all of them. We share ideas, politics,...
EROSA by Whitney Judd
EROSAby Whitney Judd
"Damn you, Erosa, for ever coming into my life!""Shii, poor little boy." It was a crawling sneer and spoken slowly, and it ate up everything. "Pobrecito...
THE SLEEPING PERSON EXHIBIT by Alexis David
THE SLEEPING PERSON EXHIBITby Alexis David It was raining when we went to the sleeping person exhibit and when we came out both our wool sweaters became damp and maybe between our legs...
A YEAR OF SUNDAYS by Neal Storrs
A YEAR OF SUNDAYSby Neal Storrs
Adelle Shipley squints through a mesh of tight black wire and pine branches. She is disappointed to see that the curtains in her...
HORSE COUNTRY by Barbara Bottner
HORSE COUNTRYby Barbara Bottner
I’ve only agreed to accompany my husband Dan to have Sunday brunch with a Paul somebody because I’m terrified when I imagine him talking to...
PICKIN’ UP THE PIECES by Larry Hamilton
PICKIN’ UP THE PIECESby Larry L. Hamilton
When Uncle Luke called him “Your Honor” in his best big round revival voice and rolled out words about satisfying the court...