GRACELAND by Shawn Van Horn
GRACELANDby Shawn Van Horn
Sometimes, on the worst days, I walk the paved trails that snake through Graceland Cemetery. No king rests there, just thousands of us everyday paupers. Graceland calms me when I need...
BECAUSE IT FELT GOOD by Nikki Munoz
BECAUSE IT FELT GOODby Nikki Munoz
Have you ever felt halved? You think that you find someone that you can share your life with. And you think that that entails being the person’s other half,...
BLUE FEATHERS by Evan Massey
BLUE FEATHERSby Evan Massey
Sharon wanted to go out west to try her hand at movies. She told me she was done with school.“It’s not for me,” she said.She said, that she had wasted two...
TIN SOLDIER by Toni Morgan
TIN SOLDIERby Toni Morgan
We all stared at the words San Ignacio painted on a piece of weathered wood nailed to a stake pounded into the ground. An arrow pointed toward the mountains.“Jesus, that road looks worse...
BAD DAYS COME IN DOZENS by Gabriel Sage
BAD DAYS COME IN DOZENSby Gabriel Sage
I’ve always gotten lost or mistaken directions. It’s been happening as long as I can remember. My internal compass completely broken – a sundial at night. I was...
AQUARIUS by Robert Perron
AQUARIUSby Robert Perron
Rita appears in Stan's doorway forearms extended, middle fingers raised. A faded AC/DC T-shirt—red thunderbolt on black background—hangs past her knees. She's short, thinks Stan, but who isn’t these days? The last...
SECOND SIGHT by Katherine Steblen
SECOND SIGHTby Katherine Steblen
“Kids are back,” said Jerry, wiping gummy residue from his eyes. Leaves were mashed against his face from where he’d passed out the night before in a whiskey haze, marks of...
BLUE WATER by Andrew Mitin
BLUE WATERby Andrew Mitin
The Home
Twilight moon through now-falling snow. The quiet flakes embrace over asphalt fissures of street bed. The world has changed since last the sun. Benevolent spirits have been decorating and...
THE FOX AND ITS CATCHER by J.R. Night
THE FOX AND ITS CATCHERby J.R. Night
Oh, he would get him today. Months had passed, and he had maintained this charade long enough. All students were required to eat their lunch in the cafeteria....
NEVER TOO LATE by Jose Recio
NEVER TOO LATEby Jose Recio
From her last alcohol binge, instinctively, she ended up at his door. They had been drinking buddies, and later, lovers—a long time ago.With whatever remained of her, and her seventy...