SHE WANTED IT TOO by James Buchanan
Mat balled the bagel wrapper and tossed it on the table. “Why the fuck did she tell you?”
“I don’t know. We were arguing.”
“About what?”
“The usual stupid shit.”
“I don’t know what to say.” Mat’s eyes...
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 suburban Boston. Droplets of late summer...
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 you in...
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 to be...
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 during a family vacation when I was seven years old....
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 Abigail the...
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 mimosas and...
THE PRIEST by John Young
Much given to the idea of good order and predictability in all aspects of life, Javier, resident police officer in the same small town for many years, viewed with renewed suspicion the recently appointed,...
THE CONVERSATION by Zach Murphy
“How do you want to die?“
“Is that a threat?”
“I mean, like. . . If you could choose, which way would you prefer to die?”
“Thank God. I was worried for a second.”
“And you can’t say...
TRIGER WARNING TRIGER WARNING by David Leys
“So was Lucy there tonight?”
I was driving Finn home from Irish dancing.
“No, she says she’s not doing it any more,” he said. “Ever.”
“Oh,” I said. I was disappointed. Lucy was a friend Marla and...