GONE by Alexandria Lahense
I was never picked first during recess. The girls never put my name on their kiss list. My siblings were all older than me, so we never had a real connection. Hell, my parents...
MARY’S HUSBAND by Nadia Lopez
It’s been years since I had been at a police station. When you are 60 years old nothing surprises you anymore. I was called to be here as a suspect. It surprises me how...
LITTLE ELEANOR WATTS by Kendra Martin
I’m gonna get you now.
After scoping out the town laundromat for weeks to find the best entrance, Eleanor set her sights on the tiny side window that remained cracked until the store closed at...
DINNER DATE by Britton Griffin
Jacob rounded the corner as the rain covered the city. His mind raced with thoughts as he considered what he was doing. He was to go on a date with one of the...
SHE DESERVED TO DIE by Nicola Vallera
Ms. Calidor, 87 years old, was a lovely person. Apart from an innate hate for bugs—that she saw as plant enemies—she badmouthed nobody, and she wouldn’t say no if you needed help. Some people...
PARK PEOPLE by Thomas Belton
“You can neither lie to a neighborhood park, nor reason with it.
Jane Jacobs
Most people may use the city parks to wander through for an hour or more, to read a book or walk the...
SHE WHO HIDES by Tania Gissela
She Who Hides
Every Saturday at 1 A.M., I wake up and drive in the moonlit avenues.
It all started with a dream. Behind her was a white car—my white car. She was standing beneath the...
THE BIG GULP by Fernanda Franco
I stood in front of a poster board while I waited outside. A cherry slushy in a clear cup with the words Big Gulp printed in bubble font staring back at me. I tilted...
COMFORTING ABODE by Dell R. Lipscomb
Hinges squealed like the wail of a distressed sprite as the bathroom stall door swung open, its outer edge nearly grazing a young woman standing outside the stall. The woman, dressed in gray slacks...
THE SMARTIE by R. H. Nicholson
Professor Elias McCracken bound through the door of his mint green Victorian home, his arms full of books, his briefcase bursting with ungraded essays, his trench coat flapping, tamping his shoes on the...