Fiction – Year V – Number 41 – October 2020

Lucky By Zachary Aborizk It is raining as it usually does around four p.m. in Florida. The humidity in the air is frustrating to say the least and my body sweat is beginning to show through...

For the cost of a steak dinner By Randy McIntosh “I love a good steak,” the old man held up his fork with a cut piece of meat dangling on the end, “it’s so hard to...

Being Good by LA Robbins ‘I am going to kiss you so hard you’ll never forget it,’ Rod announces as I leave his yard to go home for dinner. I smile uncertainly because I want to...

The Slow Breakup Kelly’s SUV is packed with seventh-grade boys going to their first school dance. Their bodies reek of too much competing cologne, a chemical stench that barely masks the greasy smell of their...

Cassandra’s Unisex Hair Salon and Psychic Palm Advisory occupied 700 primo square feet in a renovated strip mall fronting Columbia Pike just minutes from the Pentagon and a nine iron shot across the Potomac...

“Magda, Magda dear have you made up your mind yet?” asked the social worker. “These people deserve an answer.”      She hated her name, a name from the old country, a grandmother’s name, a grandmother...

Storm Warning Allan Miller set the lantern on the ground. Glancing back at the house, he saw the light wink on in his parents’ bedroom. Having left two days ago, Allan’s father would be in...

It Happened On Harper Bridge Road     Yes the year was 1971, probably one of the best of my entire life. The school year had gone very well in that happy little one room classroom...

DROPPINGS by Woodie Williams “Are they in yet?” “Quiet,” I hissed. I heard movement outside the door. Maybe it was just the wind playing tricks. “Well?” Jimmy whispered. “Dude, chill out. I will let you know. Just be quiet.” The early...

Dog By Sarah Jane Justice The outer suburbs wear a constant dressing of lawn maintenance sounds. Any day not marked by the rare appearance of rain holds the background noise of a lightly whirring motor, blending...