HELPING DAD by Sue Brennan
HELPING DADby Sue Brennan
The holiday wasn’t going well, and finding out that Dad couldn’t swim after we’d jumped off the boat wasn’t the half of it. Mick and Andy had...
APPROXIMATE by Mark Jacobs
APPROXIMATEby Mark Jacobs
“So how much does Beth tell you about me?”“You know us, Edna. We talk.”“About my sex life?”“We talk about a lot of things. It’s what keeps...
A MOMENT OF CALM by Kobina Wright Limitless
A MOMENT OF CALMby Kobina Wright Limitless
October 7th. Bali anchored herself in the leather-like spa chair soaking her feet in hot, robin-blue, soapy water. The funds that would...
OTHER PEOPLE by Pavel Sokolov
OTHER PEOPLEby Pavel Sokolov
Birds took turns singing. As one paused, another would immediately come in. Each of them spoke its own language, not at all concerned about being...
THE FEEDING by Tammy Huffman
THE FEEDINGby Tammy Huffman
His reach fell short. Just beyond his fingertips. He wanted the fruit in the highest branches. Only those apples would do for his seed —...
THE GODDESS OF KINK by Kayle Nochomovitz
THE GODDESS OF KINKby Kayle Nochomovitz
She was barely swaying her hips, but she had every guy on the edge of his seat. Even the bartender had stopped pouring...
A DUCK ON THE POND by Fred Miller
A DUCK ON THE PONDby Fred Miller
What, pray tell, could eclipse the satisfaction of a stroll in the park on a summer evening, that is, once the hoi...
FATHER OF ALL LIES by Jenny Butler
FATHER OF ALL LIESby Jenny Butler
Deep within dark premonitory dreams, the White Canon is juddering in his sleep. In his dream, the headstone looms large, its name defaced,...
MOVING by Tali Treece
MOVINGby Tali Treece
I tie a bandana around my face and Johnny, that’s my husband, he swings me close and pinches my rear and tells me I’m Rosie the...
YOUNG by Nicole Reinholdt
YOUNGby Nicole Reinholdt Wednesday morning, when Kyle picked me up for school in his dad’s grey Buick Skylark, he had Neil Young's Everybody Knows This is Nowhere playing over the stereo. Since the two of...