LUCKY by Zachary Aborizk
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...
FOR THE COST OF A STEAK DINNER by Randy McIntosh
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...
BEING GOOD by L.A. Robbins
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...
THE SLOW BREAKUP by Melody Sinclair
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...
THE GOVERNMENT’S BABIES by William Paterson
The Government’s Babies
Anne placed a gentle palm over her stomach with cheek pressed against the cool passenger-side window. Stasia drove, the car weaving the unusually empty streets of...
CLOSURE by Laura Dunn
Marnie found her way to the seemingly abandoned desk after fussing with her umbrella. Although it had been a short walk from her car it was raining hard enough to soak...
SENSIBILITY by Malka Daskal
Mavis has only been home from the hospital a month when Ethan informs her of his upcoming business trip in three weeks time. Ethan is a futurist; a job title Mavis believes...
TALL TALES by Drew Ross
“Tommy threw Dad’s wallet on the roof.”
These words revealed to my parents they had a liar-liar pants-on-fire rascal for a kid.
This happened...
THE FURIES by Finnegan Shepard
Abigail dreamt that her ex-girlfriend was laying in a field of alpine wildflowers, and that when Abigail reached her--stepping from a flying carpet, holding a juice box—her ex rolled over to offer...
MY BUG ZAPPER by James Miller
In my backyard, there are fruit mice that come out at night, devious, and peel my oranges. In the morning it looks like a herd of suburban moms have come through for...
