SOMETHING TO LEAVE BEHIND by Christian R. Fennell
SOMETHING TO LEAVE BEHINDby Christian R. Fennell
It was the surname that got me thinking: I wonder if he’s related to Tommy Mountjoy, a guy I went to school with. When I asked if he’d...
HOME by Sarah Moore
HOMEby Sarah Moore
“Ma’am, I just need you to sign here,” said the FedEx guy. A notepad poked out from beneath the carcass of the wolf-dog-creature-thing in his arms.Angela stared down at the body,...
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER by Alethea Tyler
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERby Alethea Tyler
One, two, three, four taps against the side of her thigh. To ground her. To calm her. Four was the perfect number. Divisible by two. The age of untouched...
AFTERMATH by Libby Belle
AFTERMATHby Libby Belle
She walked barefoot along the boardwalk, as she had done many times as a child, and now an adult, she saw things much clearer. The roughness of the planks beneath her feet...
A PEBBLE IN YOUR SHOE by AN Block
A PEBBLE IN YOUR SHOEby AN Block
“Look at you,” Jonas says, rubbing his thumb gently into Shelley’s palm, as she eases herself into the Mercedes, “all lovely in blue.” “It’s my new color,”...
THE NIGHT WE MET by Aimee Hardy
THE NIGHT WE METby Aimee Hardy
I opened my eyes, and it was snowing.I was all alone.I lay there wrapped up in a blanket, looking out at the snow. The TV was playing softly...
COUSIN ITT by Bruce Kamei
COUSIN "ITT"by Bruce Kamei
“Can I have a Rover here at sixty-nine and seventy?” an immigration inspector asked over the radio. “What’s the problem?” asked INS Acting Supervisory Immigration Inspector Takeshi Tsukemoto. Sixty-nine and seventy...
A HARD CALL TO MAKE by Kristine Sarasin
A HARD CALL TO MAKEby Kristine Sarasin
Before she got to the restaurant Shyanne had thought that a pair of dark wash jeans, tiny black heels, and a white crop top was a perfectly fine...