THE GERMAN by Rees Nielsen
THE GERMANby Rees Nielsen
It was the summer of 1971 and Murrow and I were stuck in Tehran waiting for the weekly bus to Istanbul. Down the hallway this barrel chested German was leaned up...
AMBIVALENCE: A LOVE STORY by Claudia Piepenburg
AMBIVALENCE: A LOVE STORYby Claudia Piepenburg
October 20, 20166:00PM
“Mrs. Williams? Alice Williams?” The doctor resists the urge to click his fingers an inch in front of the half-shut eyes of the woman sitting by the...
PLEASE CONFIRM YOU ARE NOT IN BEAST MODE by Anna Brassk
PLEASE CONFIRM YOU ARE NOT IN BEAST MODEby Anna Brassky
A month ago, Chris began to see dwarfs, though not exactly see but rather sense their presence. Just as he was about to spot them,...
THE LITTLE DOG by Eric Massey
THE LITTLE DOGby Eric Massey
There once was a little dog. His name was Rex. He lived in a small house in a small town. He didn’t know what the town was called because, well,...
CANDID by Michael Trobich
CANDIDby Michael Trobich
Kate Gibbons likes to take pictures. She doesn’t know how it started, closing shutters and toggling flash, but she loves the way that each photo has every pixel in place and captures...
WHALE BONE by David Massey
WHALE BONEby David Massey
The young man accompanied me outside to enjoy the air and sun. So balmy out here always in July. We walked slowly toward this swing, my favorite place to watch the...
KNOCK by Nick Farriella
KNOCKby Nick Farriella
Esme was a charity care worker or “charity care officer” as she’d like to call it when discussing her job with relatives at family functions. She’d been doing it for twenty-two years,...
GOD’S OWN by Samuel Buckley
GOD'S OWNby Samuel R. Buckley
I. Adulthood
Nick’s fists thump the counter: come on.His teeth crush his lips: come on.His eyes move from the lurid displays set about the windows and shelves to the forbidden library...
STANDOFF AT THE COUNTRY PRIDE MOTEL, STARRING BILLY FITZ by P. J. ...
STANDOFF AT THE COUNTRY PRIDE MOTEL, STARRING BILLY FITZby P. J. Gannon
A few hours after spiking some Afghan smack in Room 5 of the Country Pride Motel, Billy considered introducing a girl into the...
FLIPPING THE TORTILLA by Anita Haas
FLIPPING THE TORTILLAby Anita Haas
“You have lived here in Madrid for twelve years?“ Cheryl eyed Peggy, challenge in her tone. “And married to a Spaniard? You must be an expert on the culture by...