MOTHER LOVE Nancy Smith Harris
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Mother Love
I missed my first high school interview—the one at the Stephens School for Boys—because on her way to pick me up, Mom’s car collided with a semi hauling 300 gallons...
UNFORTUNATE TIMINGS by Dylan Price
I hummed to the tune of a song stuck in my head that I just couldn’t remember while preparing for the party.
“Jess, can you come here for a second,” said my mom....
PROOF THE BOY HAD LIVED by Mike McLaughlin
Stephen Havilland could have avoided the war. At twenty-eight he was already a successful man. His newly minted firm was growing, slowly but steadily. Likewise for his reputation in business and government circles. This...
THE PURPLE FLYING ELEPHANT by Joram Piatigorsky
Charlie, a shoe salesman, jumped out of bed, startled that it was already 8:30. His United Airlines Flight was scheduled for 10:22. Now he didn’t even have time for breakfast. He had set the...
STORMY’S BAR by Doug Smith
Tom’s hospice patient wore a three-piece suit for Tom’s initial visit. In addition to the three-piece suit, Jim wore a freshly pressed white and blue striped shirt and a red tie. His hair was...
PRODIGY by Mark Czanik
Prodigy
‘I’ve just been to Paris for a year.’
‘Oh, that’s nice,’ said Sadie, looking up from her decimated brassica bed to see a little girl standing on the path.
‘I can speak four languages...
THE TRUTH by Tawney Mesick
"I can't believe they got a pastor to come speak at my damn funeral," I said, "Saying shit about how this was an unfortunate event… Yeah, makes it sound like it was an accident....
THIS JOURNEY CALLED LIFE by Kenneth Bastian
“Good afternoon,” Daddy Hooks, said Mark; Hooks opened the door to let him inside. Hooks was Mark’s mentor, since the two met in the military. Hooks was 20 years older than Mark. The...
THE GIFT by Nancy Lines
Sundays in the Russell household were usually quiet – relatively quiet, at least. There were no nurses or other hospice staff bustling about, taking Rob’s blood pressure, asking him how he feels, checking his...
FULL OF GRACE by Thomas Carlson
Gloria Delaney sat at her desk as her fourth graders settled in to their math quiz. She’d just begun on the stack of writing assignments she was hoping to correct when she heard...