THE OTHER SIDE by Danielle Richardson
THE OTHER SIDEBy Danielle Richardson
I watch as Lucy stops in front of me like she does every day, her little ten-year-old head cocking to the left in curiosity. But her curiosity will not be...
“36” by Mike Dorman
36By Mike Dorman
He did, of course, know when it had happened. Which is to say he had no clue precisely when. It had occurred, not at one decisive turning point, but over the course...
THE GRAVERS LANE LOCAL by Edith Boyd
THE GRAVERS LANE LOCALBy Edith Boyd
The job in the city was working out for me. Actually, the job wasn't great, but the apartment I chose, and the train I rode to work were fun....
THE BEAUTY IN BEREAVEMENT by Anders M. Svenning
THE BEAUTY IN BEREAVEMENTBy Anders M. Svenning
Judy Tremont stroked her dying husband’s hair. Augustus had been sick for nearing five years and now the end was near. His gray hair, combed by Judy’s long,...
THE POSTING by Monica Harn
THE POSTINGBy Monica L. Bellon-Harn
Laura learns to live in ordinary time as she roams rooms of a starter home her husband picked out. When live oaks that lined the streets barely gave shade, this...
LOVER’S QUARREL by Jack Coey
LOVER’S QUARRELBy Jack Coey
Rod couldn’t have told when he first noticed her through his windshield signaling him to stop at the intersection of the middle school. It wasn’t being stopped that annoyed him, but...
ADELE by Brenna Lemieux
ADELEBy Brenna Lemieux
On the morning of Christmas Eve, Adele wakes to see a handwriting in front of the clock: Myra and Rob home, it tells: Yes! But when did they? She chews her knuckle: Myra...
NOT FUNNY by Lisa Rutledge
NOT FUNNY
By Lisa Rutledge
I took a seat across from a man with black hair, a matching mustache, and eyes as icy blue as my late partner’s.He sipped from a steaming cup. “Mr. Smythe, I...
THE DANCER’S AFFAIR by Jessica Widner
THE DANCER’S AFFAIRBy Jessica Widner
She is up on her toes. She is Manon Lescaut. She is a first soloist with the National Ballet of Canada. There she is, blown up, in a cabriole on...
THE BIG NIGHT by Taylor Garcia
THE BIG NIGHTBy Taylor García Dr. Adam Flores opens Group Session with his standard line: “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, it’s sweet and sour time.”Everyone goes around the circle and says a positive thing about...