OTHER PEOPLE by Pavel Sokolov
OTHER PEOPLEby Pavel Sokolov
Birds took turns singing. As one paused, another would immediately come in. Each of them spoke its own language, not at all concerned about being understood. Then, suddenly, a sharp screeching...
DORA THE EXPLORER by Terry Engel
DORA THE EXPLORERby Terry Engel
I used to watch the news all the time, especially this little blonde girl that covered the afternoon shift on CNN. Her name was Selena Cassaday, and she read the...
THE GODDESS OF KINK by Kayle Nochomovitz
THE GODDESS OF KINKby Kayle Nochomovitz
She was barely swaying her hips, but she had every guy on the edge of his seat. Even the bartender had stopped pouring drinks, and just stood there, hand...
THE BIG MOVE by Maria Frangakis
THE BIG MOVEby Maria Frangakis
After nine years in San Jacinto, without electricity and indoor plumbing, we were finally leaving. We were moving to la casita hermosa, the beautiful little house, as we called our future dwelling in...
FATHER OF ALL LIES by Jenny Butler
FATHER OF ALL LIESby Jenny Butler
Deep within dark premonitory dreams, the White Canon is juddering in his sleep. In his dream, the headstone looms large, its name defaced, chiselled and chipped away. He had...
DO US PART by Jack Coey
DO US PARTby Jack Coey
There was an old woman and a nurse in a room. The old woman sat in a chair holding a cane. There was a tray in front of her with...
A MOMENT OF CALM by Kobina Wright Limitless
A MOMENT OF CALMby Kobina Wright Limitless
October 7th. Bali anchored herself in the leather-like spa chair soaking her feet in hot, robin-blue, soapy water. The funds that would cover the day’s pampering had been...
WHAT IF by Erin Bank
WHAT IFby Erin Bank
“Can’t I have your seat?” The young woman fails to notice any pertinent details of the world around her, besides the five large shopping bags she’s hauling onto the bus, not...
HELPING DAD by Sue Brennan
HELPING DADby Sue Brennan
The holiday wasn’t going well, and finding out that Dad couldn’t swim after we’d jumped off the boat wasn’t the half of it. Mick and Andy had already swum off— bastards—and there I...
YOUNG by Nicole Reinholdt
YOUNGby Nicole Reinholdt Wednesday morning, when Kyle picked me up for school in his dad’s grey Buick Skylark, he had Neil Young's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere playing over the stereo. Since the two of us had...