FRECKLES by Sabahattin Ali / Translated by Aysel K. Basci
Freckles
By Sabahattin Ali / Translated by Aysel K. Basci
It was a hot, sultry day. I had just left a friend’s home, where I had...
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. ...
PETER-BY-THE-BAY by Thomas Belton
While others went to the Park to see and be seen, to flirt and promenade, Peter did not. He preferred to ride his bike past the long meadow where the soccer players...
SIREN SONG by Elizabeth Gauffreau
Siren Song
Galen did not think to check the gas gauge when he made his final exit from the parking lot of the Bay View Apartments. He left...
WILDERNESS by Sandra Perez
She sits in the wilderness of her heart, once again balancing the dinner plate on the arm of the sofa, watching the six o’clock news. Sometimes she wipes away just a...
YOUNG MAN’S SLAVE by Bo Fisher
Young Man’s Slave
There’s a security car that passes the house every three hours. It makes a slow left hand turn about the cul-de-sac at the end of Poplar Hill Loop before retracting its path...
SCHOLARSHIP by Maria Tsirona
Here she is, then – sitting across him. In the armchair, in front of his desk.
Efstathia.
And exactly what he was afraid of, is happening....
RUMPELSTILTSKIN, By João Franco
RUMPELSTILTSKINJoão Franco
Algures no Sistema Solar, 23/06/2100
Nate, o astronauta americano, estava radiante na primeira missão tripulada a Neptuno, mas era assolado pelas saudades de casa...
HAWAII IN A BOX by Beth Weaver
HAWAII IN A BOXby Beth Nixon Weaver
JACKIE YANKED OPEN THE PERKY PINK BEACH CHAIR and plopped down. It popped open several notches, pitching her backwards. Her head hit...
KEEPSAKES ARE TEMPORAL DEBRIS by Edie Meade
I comb, in lieu of packing, through a box of letters that’s been perched on the bedroom bookshelf since we leased this apartment two years ago. And although now is not the...