GIN BLOSSOM by Michael LeBlanc
GIN BLOSSOMBy Michael LeBlanc To him it was magic. All of it: The projector cutting through darkness luring flies into the spotlight. The rows of chrome bumpers polished so bright he could watch...
BIG BOY by Santino DeFranco
BIG BOYSantino DeFranco
He was a real big son of a bitch. But I’m not talking about the son of a bitch part, but the big part. He was...
MARIA by Emily Peña Murphey
MARIABy Emily Peña Murphey
On that last day before the big storm, I first noticed something was funny when our family went to the mercado in Las Altas. We arrived very...
SEARCHING FOR AMELIA ERHART by Ben Orlando
SEARCHING FOR AMELIA EARHARTBy Ben Orlando
The way I remember that day, Amelia and I are two women chattering along with the song birds around us. She stands next...
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SPANKING by Dan Howard
SPANKINGby Earl Javorsky
Herb Baumgartner considered the idea of getting spanked. It was worth it, bearing a little pain—in theory at least—if his wife really could then be over...
THE OPPONENT by Mark Hannon
THE OPPONENTBy Mark Hannon
He sat on a folding chair, dripping sweat, his heart rate slowing down, the fight over for several minutes. Feeling the water run down his...
THE FINAL WATCH by Jonathan Ferrini
THE FINAL WATCHBy Jonathan B. Ferrini
Interstate 8 climbs west out of the Imperial Valley and twists through the rugged mountains upward into East San Diego County. My name...
WORKING THE EDGE by Grant Segall
WORKING THE EDGE
By Grant Segall
Stefan picked his way down the driveway, skirting a pothole with the season’s first ice, trying to save what was...
HOOK MAN by Michael Warren
HOOK MANBy Michael Warren
“That’s bull-shit! There’s no such thing as a Hook Man.” Inky was quite certain on this point. “That’s just a story.”There were five of them: ...
EPIPHANY AND THE ALABASTER ROSE by Adrian Encomienda
EPIPHANY AND THE ALABASTER ROSEBy Adrian Encomienda
Daylight dimmed beyond Lazaro’s bedroom window, leaving cold fluorescence . He sat at the edge of his bed with a cigarette sticking...