IN ROTATION by Zach Murphy
In Rotation
Aria caught the city bus as the sky donned a pinkish glow before the day’s final gasp. Her daughter Millie sat on her lap, gripping her wrinkled hospital scrubs — the ones with...
ELLA by T. M. Boughnou
Ella
by T. M. Boughnou
“What?” the man heard the mother demand sharply and emphatically of her young daughter. “Tell me—where did you get that from? Who told you that?” She...
PLAYING FROG by Cathy Adams
Playing Frog
Justin wanted to get up from the floor board, but the game wasn’t over. He was still the turtle, and until Maggie called “frog” he had to stay there or he wouldn’t get...
STONE SKIN by Jihoon Park
Stone Skin
By Jihoon Park
Kishimura, the town’s only barber, opened the window of his shop. The smell of burnt bodies and rice drafted in, along with the humid morning breeze. The last wisps of smoke...
A HAPPIER ENDING by Richard Thieme
A Happier Ending
by
Richard Thieme
"I hate 'Fargo!'" Marcella said. "Don't tell me you like that goddamn movie."
I looked at her angry face and said, "Well, I didn't say--"
"You said you thought it...
CEREBRAL AND CONTEMPTUOUS by Mike Hickman
Cerebral and Contemptuous
By Mike Hickman
Cerebral sidled up to Contemptuous, eyed up his suit and his batwing glasses and then lifted his sherry. ‘Chin-chin, old chap,’ he said.
Contemptuous raised a shaggy eyebrow. ‘And you are?’
‘Just...
PLEASANTNESS by Peter Able
Pleasantness
by Pete Able
I took my wife out on the town. It was the same old town but a new restaurant we hadn’t been to before. An experience that I hoped would slightly expand our...
SCIENCE PROJECT JOURNAL by Robert Dukelow
Science Project Journal
Results of a Giant Sequoia Gene Spliced to a Lima Bean Plant
Introduction
Mr. Johannsen, our science teacher, told us if we wanted to earn an A+ this year we needed an...
THE CASUAL THINKER by Marcus Berkemeier
The Casual Thinker
Many consider Samantha to be my best girlfriend since we’ve known each other for at least five years and, most weekends in Los Angeles, we are inseparable. She is the prettiest girl...
INTIMATE by Susie Gharib
Intimate
“I wanted to intimate something and not to be intimate,” I explained with a bitter grin.
He always boasted about his excellent command of English but that sex-charged adjective that resembled a verb he had...