SPIRAL by Martin Toman
SPIRALby Martin Toman
Rachel left the kitchen quietly, crossing the atrium to ascend the staircase, her foot fall soundless so as to not attract attention. The noises of the wake receded as she climbed, and...
DOUBLE SHIFT by Zach Murphy
DOUBLE SHIFTby Zach Murphy
Heavy eyelids don’t adhere to will after you’ve just worked a double shift.
Zamir was having that problem on a particularly snowy night, so he pulled over to the side of a...
FLAMENCO – FIVE BELOW by Meghan Dimmick
FLAMENCO, FIVE BELOWby Meghan Dimmick
John and Beatrice are dating. Eric and I are their friends.
Beatrice and I met on the first day of grade school. We were six. We were all six, but somehow she seemed...
LEAVES FROM THE FIELD by Michael Robinson
LEAVES FROM THE FIELDby Michael Robinson
At Christian Appalachian Southern Baptist Institute (CASBI) there are two statues in the garden with the water-spring pond and a brick walkway leading to the main campus. One of...
ERNIE by Clive Aaron Gill
ERNIEby Clive Aaron Gill
I can’t decide if I should stay with Ernie. We’ve been together for fifteen years, and it will be hard to leave. But lately, I’ve been craving something… something different, you...
LOST CAT by Bogi Beykov
LOST CATby Bogi Beykov
“Good evening, this is DreamNet - your friendly neighborhood internet provider. My name is Lilly. How can I help?”
“Thank God it’s you, sweetie?”
“Missis Hartford, how are you today?”
“Oh, you know, still...
ACCOUNTABLE VICTIM by Donald Zagardo
ACCOUNTABLE VICTIMBy Donald Zagardo
A black and green lamppost, tall with chipped paint, across from Bryant Park, in front of a classic brown and gold twelve storied building, the wind reeking of the park’s dead...
SQUISHY STAR TUBE by Franco Amati
SQUISHY STAR TUBEby Franco Amati
The thing I remember most about that day was the squishy star tube. The way it moved all slippery in my hand and how those colorful plastic stars inside just...
ZOETIC DEMISE by Savonte Hicks
ZOETIC DEMISEby Savonte Hicks
As I opened my eyes the first thing I saw was me, clear as day in a mahogany casket laid out in a black tuxedo, my drab hands clasped and my...
THE MAKEOVER by Adelaide Shaw
THE MAKEOVER By Adelaide Shaw
Maggie’s worries were not about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blew into Los Angeles raising temperatures and tempers and creating a high fire danger. Her worries were of a...