LOST by Michael Emeka
Night had fallen by the time I returned from hawking banana for Mummy. I stood the large steel tray against the wall and handed her the cash I’d made. Looking stern, she collected it,...
THE COST OF THE WATCH by Davis Wetherell
“Whatever one man does, it is as if all men did it. For that reason, it is not unfair that one disobedience in a garden should contaminate all humanity; for that reason it is...
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER by Ellis Shuman
There was no need for words. Lyuba urged her daughter forward, indicating with a nod which way the young girl should go. Which person to approach. Not the elderly man smoking a thin cigarette...
ACTING OUT by Brian Quinn
I play this game, every time I rinse out a soup bowl, or a cereal bowl. Leave the spoon inthe bowl, swirl it, slosh it, tip it. I can’t quit until the scalloped end...
PALIMONY by Alan Swyer
“What are you up to today?” asked Sally Leeds when she reached Larry Karlin early on a Monday morning.
“I'm torn between going to Paris, spending the day in bed, or maybe getting some work...