Fiction - Year VIII - Number 61 - October 2023

I had not been the first to find it.  That I knew.  The flat, smooth rocks that lined the pool at the edge of it were dotted with small, round stones that only could...

I hated summer. The permeating stench of burning cigarettes, porous sweat and cough-inducing car fumes made my head swim and sway with a mixture of nausea and annoyance. I didn’t know why I left...

Vacuum My piano beautifully sits in the center of my living room. Its black reflective body and bronze pedals illuminate the simplicity of the instrument. However, when the hood is opened, you can see the...

Phony was on the ugly side than the others in the litter at the yard sale. Every pup was taken, but her. She yelped disparately at every person that went by the deep box...

Tom realized he was running out of time when the consumption came back. It coiled around his lungs like the anacondas that twisted through his backyard. The faded calendar confirmed it, the dreaded June...

The grey tray dropped to the ground. “I’m going to have to grab more samples. Where did this line of people come from?” Candance whispered to herself. The crowd backed away from Candance as...

Justin had only one more pizza to deliver before he could end his shift. He grabbed the pizza and started walking toward the back exit of the restaurant. As he walks through the kitchen,...

The parents meetings are six p.m. Mondays in the Good Samaritan Hospital basement. The same 25 parents always show up, and the rest are those who attend two or three times and disappear. Initially,...

My Brother’s Keeper             “What did you do? Turn my brother back into his human form,” Kyrie demanded the witch. “Kyrie? That is your name correct?” asked the witch.             Kyrie nods his head. Struggling to focus...

Quarters sometimes feel like they were wedged between old movie theater seats– rusted, dirty, and smelling vaguely like a darkening room. Maybe it was because I was a cashier for a department store, but...