THE NIGHT MAINTENANCE MAN by John Tavares
THE NIGHT MAINTENANCE MANby John Tavares
Occasionally, when she felt lonely and depressed on graveyard shifts at the hospital, June had late night trysts with the night maintenance man in her locked broom closet and...
EASY WAY by Alexa Findlay
EASY WAYby Alexa Findlay
He sits at his spotless wooden desk reviewing the patient’s dental history. Perfect teeth and no cavities.His stomach drops to his knees, as he sees the name Veronica Reeve printed at the top...
FINER THINGS by Maureen Hossbacher
FINER THINGSby Maureen Hossbacher
Even in retrospect, Wesley Byrne is disinclined to acknowledge the cliché of his affair with Ellie. He was past forty and starting to bald. Ellie Mattisen, his secretary then, was twenty-five. ...
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURKEY by E. P. Tuazon
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TURKEYby E. P. Tuazon
My colleague, Faruk Irgulu, was talking. Faruk was the head of our English Department at the school we taught at and sometimes that...
THE SINGING SCALLOP by Annabelle Blomeley
THE SINGING SCALLOPby Annabelle Blomeley
The Singing Scallop Restaurant held its fifteenth anniversary on the day Hurricane Robert starting raining down onto the town of Winnie Shores. Out the windows, customers could see what looked...
THE POET LAUREATE OF MALCOLM’S DINER by Cindy Adams
THE POET LAUREATE OF MALCOLM’S DINERby C. Billingsley Adams
Someone tapped on my shoulder today when I was feeling all bluesy as my long-time friend had just recently died. The last of my real friends,...
MY FRIEND SINDSMAN by Alexandra Lapointe
MY FRIEND SINDSMANby Alexandra Lapointe
Neither the day before nor the day after were of much significance. It was only the day I met Sindsman that I can vividly recall. I was sitting on my...
DOG’S LOVE by Dave Gregory
DOG’S LOVEby Dave Gregory
Sheila often said: “I love animals more than most people. Maybe all people.” She meant it. Though utterly devastating, her father’s sudden death and her mother’s drawn out demise never reached the same...
NUMBER SIX by Leslie Kain
NUMBER SIXby Leslie Kain
Having spent two hours testifying in court on behalf of one of her patients, Dr. Samena Burns headed to her office. It was a brilliant spring morning, with daffodils nodding their...
BLISTERING EYES by Bettina Rotenberg
BLISTERING EYESby Bettina Rotenberg
She woke up and carefully climbed down from the large bed which seemed like a vast sea of pillows, sheets, and quilt, rumpled now, as she tried to organize her covers...