FADING AWAY by Sandra Colbert
Fading Away
Why was he looking at me? I was trying to make myself invisible. I know I looked awful – a complete mess. Was that why he was...
SMOKERS by Joe Baumann
SMOKERS
by
Joe Baumann
Simon and Mills buried the dog the day before the coffee shop opened.
“I’ll...
STALLER BREAKS by Phil Brunetti
Staller Breaks
Philip Brunetti
It was all on stall for a short while longer. He’d put himself on stall. This was one of the few options. ...
A CUP OF TEA by Robert Parker
A Cup of Tea.
Of course, time travel is impossible. If it had been invented or discovered, we would know about it. This is for the simple reason that...
TUNNEL VISION by Susan Cornford
Malcolm watched from the doorway as Imogene switched around place cards for their dinner party one last time. He was lucky to have found a wife with such a strong sense of,...
UTOPIA AMERICANA by Charlotte Graham
A place where love never endsThe room had seafoam colored walls, and one window:from it you could see the smoke. It was the middle of the day. Iwas at the end of...
SEATTLE, 1961 by Mike Dillon
SEATTLE, 1961
by Mike Dillon
As mother raised her fist to knock on the white door, she paused and glanced back at me.
BEYOND APPEARANCES by Jose Recio
Beyond Appearances
Playing in front of her house, a little girl sets wildflowers in earthen pots pretending to be a gardener. She lives with her parents in a red-roofed...
PERENNIAL UNDULATION by Preston Canavan
Perennial Undulation
A smack of thunder prompted his eyes to drift open. He lay still a moment, taking this time before sitting up. An hour could go by...
RUNNING WITH THE WOLVES by Kylie McKenzie
Running with the Wolves
Kylie McKenzie
I picked at the flecks of dirt beneath my fingernails as the rain outside turned from a downpour to a...