STAY by Mariana Sabino
STAYby Mariana Sabino
As I stood outside the house, a bottled-down stillness came over me. I caught a strong whiff of mold – sweetened somehow. Soon enough, the door swung open and out came my...
FEVER by James Christon
FEVERby James Christon
1. InsideThe wood panelling denotes how old the world is around him. How history resides in the classrooms like bottomless pits found by scuba divers. Dan takes a deep breath and unwillingly ingests...
A PITSTOP ON THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION by Mark Kaye
A PITSTOP ON THE ROAD TO REDEMPTIONby Mark Kaye
In the centre of the town square stood a fountain in the middle of which was a statue of a giant conch adorned with twisted ivy...
ON THE WAY TO FLORIDA by Thomas Genevieve
ON THE WAY TO FLORIDAby Thomas Genevieve
Holly knew Keith would blast the air conditioning the entire trip, and he did. Smiling, she pulled the sweatshirt she brought in anticipation over her head. There was...
ARMISTICE by Halle Carter
ARMISTICEby Halle J. Carter
Now that most everyone has gone, Lexa can hear what’s going on in the tiny kitchen off of the living room. The TV is up loud enough that she has to...
MR. DARLING CONFRONTS A VISION by Andrew Mitin
MR. DARLING CONFRONTS A VISIONby Andrew Mitin
Mr. Darling James to his wife and father Jim to his friends and co-workers and Jimmy to his motherwas not a morbid man, or rather a morbid young man, since...
SORRY BETSY by Mimi Karabulut
SORRY BETSYby Mimi Karabulut I take a seat, but this table is all wrong. It’s too old for the room. The room has a modern feel to it, but the table is creaky and worn...
GOFER ALL OR NOTHING by Katrina Johnston
GOFER ALL OR NOTHINGby Katrina Johnston
The speciality at the Hampton Grill is huge cheeseburgers with wedge-cut fries. I'm on the normal day shift now. Hooray! Lucky me. Compared to the night-time slogs, the dinner...
THE COLDNESS OF PEARLS by Deirdre Barragry
THE COLDNESS OF PEARLSby Deirdre Barragry
Harry was so punctual he might have been mistaken for someone who wanted to be there. Twenty minutes early, as if about to interview for the position of a...
EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROS by Janet Barrow
EL SEÑOR DE LOS MILAGROSby Janet Barrow
Señor Arellano walked slowly along Jiron Junín, his cane tapping nervously against the ground. The streets, a hive of agitated activity less than an hour before, were now...