FLIPPING THE TORTILLA by Anita Haas
FLIPPING THE TORTILLAby Anita Haas
“You have lived here in Madrid for twelve years?“ Cheryl eyed Peggy, challenge in her tone. “And married to a Spaniard? You must be an expert on the culture by...
WHALE BONE by David Massey
WHALE BONEby David Massey
The young man accompanied me outside to enjoy the air and sun. So balmy out here always in July. We walked slowly toward this swing, my favorite place to watch the...
WILL I DIE OF HEAT STROKE? By Ruth Deming
WILL I DIE OF HEAT STROKE?by Ruth Z. Deming
My metallic gray Nissan with its red racing stripe sped confidently into the parking lot of Staples, a seven-minute drive from home. Friendly Dave installed an...
KNOCK by Nick Farriella
KNOCKby Nick Farriella
Esme was a charity care worker or “charity care officer” as she’d like to call it when discussing her job with relatives at family functions. She’d been doing it for twenty-two years,...
THE LITTLE DOG by Eric Massey
THE LITTLE DOGby Eric Massey
There once was a little dog. His name was Rex. He lived in a small house in a small town. He didn’t know what the town was called because, well,...
WHAT DID YOU SEE? By Joel Worford
WHAT DID YOU SEE?by Joel Worford
It’s eleven P.M. and your hand is on your belt. You don’t see me. There are no streetlights in this neighborhood, so at first, you don’t see me. Or...
THE WALL BETWEEN US by John C. Weil
THE WALL BETWEEN USby John C. Weil We walked with the wall between us, just as Robert Frost described.We picked up the stones, each of them still cold from the winter.I stopped a moment to...
AMBIVALENCE: A LOVE STORY by Claudia Piepenburg
AMBIVALENCE: A LOVE STORYby Claudia Piepenburg
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“Mrs. Williams? Alice Williams?” The doctor resists the urge to click his fingers an inch in front of the half-shut eyes of the woman sitting by the...
STANDOFF AT THE COUNTRY PRIDE MOTEL, STARRING BILLY FITZ by P. J. ...
STANDOFF AT THE COUNTRY PRIDE MOTEL, STARRING BILLY FITZby P. J. Gannon
A few hours after spiking some Afghan smack in Room 5 of the Country Pride Motel, Billy considered introducing a girl into the...
CANDID by Michael Trobich
CANDIDby Michael Trobich
Kate Gibbons likes to take pictures. She doesn’t know how it started, closing shutters and toggling flash, but she loves the way that each photo has every pixel in place and captures...