Fiction - Year V - Number 33 - February 2020

    CURSED CHRISTMAS DINNER

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    CURSED CHRISTMAS DINNERby Alexandre Henrique Ferreira Campos de Souza  The cold wind howls through the city, the snow slowly falling and gathering on the roofs of houses. A normal Christmas Eve, families gathering, and presents...

    FERTILITY by Noelle Florio

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    FERTILITYby Noelle Florio “It comes in waves, Miss. Loakey. Some days will be better than others sweetie, but the results of your spirometry test show your lungs have increased inflammation since your last visit,” Doc...

    FOR YOU, BLUE by Anna Schaeffer

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    FOR YOU, BLUEby Anna Schaeffer  “Eighty-two.”Lina Vaduva woke up with the number thrumming in her head like a dial tone. The clock on Lina’s phone read 3:45, but silence was rare in Lewiston, even in...

    WE ARE WAITING by Chrissie Rohrman

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    WE ARE WAITINGby Chrissie Rohrman I’m on break when I get the call from Gram. I listen and nod along, pretending my heart isn’t seizing in my chest. “Keep me posted,” I tell her, and...

    ROBERT AND GOYLE GO TO THE MOVIES by Ryan James Lamb

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    ROBERT AND GOYLE GO TO THE MOVIESby Ryan James Lamb  The dull green Daihatsu Sedan pulled into the car park with a grunkling sound and came to a crooked stop between two bays.‘Don’t forget the...

    THE ALLEYWAY FIGHT by Taylor G Mauck

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    THE ALLEYWAY FIGHTby Taylor G Mauck  Bio: David gets dragged into a fight with guys who want revenge over something that happened in high school, and gets injured. David’s boyfriend, Jacob, and his best friend,...

    THE OLD FRONT PORCH by Ruth Deming

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    THE OLD FRONT PORCH by Ruth Deming  He was a man who never cussed in front of women. Just inside his own head. The black head of retired Major Robert O. Brown. Thanksgiving was on its...

    ORGANIC FOOD by Uko Tyrawn Okon

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    ORGANIC FOODby Uko Tyrawn Okon When Selena left me, I learned that the world is a trick and it starts with what you consume. The word vitamin is on everything now. All nuts are organic,...

    THE SULLEN ROAD by Susie Gharib

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    THE SULLEN ROADby Susie Gharib  I fell in love with his shadow which wavered every time he passed by my window, a profile with no features, but whose footsteps echoed in a rhythmic fashion that...