A LIFE IN A DAY by Brighid Moret
A LIFE IN A DAYby Brighid Moret
The screen door swung shut, slamming its frame as it did every day. Eventually they are going to shatter the glass, Margaret thought as she assumed her daily position...
THE ANNIVERSARY by Renato Barucco
THE ANNIVERSARYRenato Barucco
He lies immobile under the sheets, arms at his sides and legs straight, like a corpse in a coffin but with eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. He woke up as...
FIFTIES SCOOP by John Tavares
FIFTIES SCOOPby John Tavares
There are many gaps and holes in the story, but my origins in as few words as possible must necessarily leave some sense of vagueness and incompleteness. Besides, big parts of...
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE by Jeannine Cook
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDEby Jeannine A. Cook
She was used to the flinching. The fiddling. The mess. The begging. The crying. The blood. These women with their thick thighs and thin thighs and saggy thighs...
THE PACKAGE by Christopher Carroll
THE PACKAGEBy Christopher Carroll
On this dark and dreary Tuesday, Tom returned home from his trip. Tom walks up the stairs to his apartment door when he realizes that there is a weird looking package...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN DETROIT by Michael Walker
ONCE UPON A TIME IN DETROITby Michael S. Walker She walked through the massive casino, scanning the heads of the people who sat, oblivious, playing slot machines. It was 2:30 pm on a Wednesday, so...
ARTFUL DODGE by Joe Giordano
ARTFUL DODGEby Joe Giordano
Maxey’s eyes welled. “Adriana held the shotgun inches from my face. She demanded I kneel.”Nicknamed the Dog of Flatbush, Maxey always attracted the prettier girl when we hung around together as...
THE THREE QUESTIONS OF LOVE by Jeff Hardin
THE THREE QUESTIONS OF LOVE
By Jeff Hardin
In the days of siren and cyclops, a man with tightened brows hung his head in frustration. He had a dilemma. For the past two years, he had...
SINKHOLE by Asa Noriega
SINKHOLEby Asa Noriega
After the divorce, Claudia Frank bought one of those overstuffed couches where the pillows sink together like alternate directions of a life converging. In the mornings, she’d crumple into the cushions and...
PINK MOON by Neil McDonald
PINK MOONby Neil McDonald
Junior tried to encourage Leo to join in with the party. He found himself saying things like ‘Ooh, look at that!’ a little too loudly, pointing at garish toys, and all...