THE APOLOGY by Janel Brubaker
THE APOLOGYBy Janel Brubaker
I held the phone to my ear and listened, stunned to the point of silence. I had known this would happen. Indeed, I had walked...
NOT FUNNY by Lisa Rutledge
NOT FUNNY
By Lisa Rutledge
I took a seat across from a man with black hair, a matching mustache, and eyes as icy blue as my...
ABOUT THE OLD MAN by Skyler Nielsen
ABOUT THE OLD MANBy Skyler Nielsen
After months of begging Dad let up, and the day couldn’t have gone better. He said if I worked hard, I could come...
THE LADYBUG by Jeanne DeWitt Voorhees
THE LADYBUGBy Jeanne DeWitt Voorhees
Mabel Hopkins and Norman Chadwick tied the knot on November 23, 1981. The wedding was at the Hopkins family homestead, then occupied by Mabel’s...
“36” by Mike Dorman
36By Mike Dorman
He did, of course, know when it had happened. Which is to say he had no clue precisely when. It had occurred, not at one decisive...
THE BEAUTY IN BEREAVEMENT by Anders M. Svenning
THE BEAUTY IN BEREAVEMENTBy Anders M. Svenning
Judy Tremont stroked her dying husband’s hair. Augustus had been sick for nearing five years and now the end was near. His...
A TREE NOW DEAD by Skyler Nielsen
A TREE NOW DEADBy Skyler Nielsen
A tree acted as the council rooms eastern wall, and it was dead. Poisoned the morning Mr. Nunn opened up on it with...
THE AUCTION by Amanda N Jourdan
THE AUCTIONby Mandi Jourdan
She must have had grandchildren.That was the only explanation I could offer for the white plastic car with the blue-and-red stripes sitting atop one of...
THE OTHER SIDE by Danielle Richardson
THE OTHER SIDEBy Danielle Richardson
I watch as Lucy stops in front of me like she does every day, her little ten-year-old head cocking to the left in curiosity....
DERB JOSSI by Lisa Brognano
DERB JOSSY(excerpt from the novella, The Jossy Farm)By Lisa Brognano
Derb walked across the acreage through a wild patch of light green stems but the orange flowers were closed in...
