AND THEN WHAT COULD YOU DO? By Maureen McCafferty
AND THEN WHAT COULD YOU DO?by Maureen McCafferty
The doctor stood behind her desk, offering a steady hand and smile, as if Maeve had come to open a checking account. As if Maeve could— her...
CHILDREN AT PLAY by Dana Hart
CHILDREN AT PLAYby Dana Hart
Every second Tuesday of the month is Career Day for Mrs. Ainsley’s Saving Grace Kiddos sixth graders, an amusing change of pace from singing psalms to an accompaniment CD made in the...
GORSE by Ben Rosenthal
GORSEby Ben Rosenthal
They picked up Wild Gorse at McCarren International and there he was, dragging a reptile skin embossed travel case. He wore a mackerel-colored seersucker meant to offset this spanking orange tan (he...
DAY’S WORK by J. David Liss
DAY’S WORKby J. David Liss
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Washington, DC spread its legs as the train from New York pulled into Union Station. It was the earliest train from Penn Station and the tracks were still clean and...
IT WILL BE FOREVER by Jeff Richards
IT WILL BE FOREVERby Jeff Richards
Richard Sager lost his virginity in the spring of 1967 before our road trip across country to break in the red Mustang convertible my parents gave me for Christmas....
PLIE, ADJUST, TUNDU, TAP by Jean E. Verthein
PLIE, ADJUST, TUNDU, TAPby Jean E. Verthein
Three in the morning. The phone rang. It did, didn’t it? After all, detectives called for midnight lineups to check whether the attacker from six months earlier was...
THE ART COTTAGE by Sasha Chinnaya
THE ART COTTAGEby Sasha Chinnaya
I walk through the streets of my city and see a thousand different worlds of art living and breathing. The traffic is a great blur of color that looks not...
CLAWS by Vincent Yu
CLAWSBy Vincent Yu
At first there was horror. Then relief, acceptance, love. When he was old enough to go to school his parents assured him he was normal and handsome and if anyone were to say...
BEFORE THE DINER by Tim Urban
BEFORE THE DINERby Timothy Urban
Driving down the interstate with his Uncle Tucker behind the wheel, Mathew stewed over how he was going to get back at that bully Sam Milton. As soon as his...
FORREST HILLS by John Tavares
FOREST HILLSJohn Tavares
After Ollie served nearly a full sentence, officials decided to release him from the juvenile detention facility early. They shortened his detention term after he helped administer First Aid to a fellow...