AN ATTACK ON SCHOOL PREMISES by Andrea Taylor
AN ATTACK ON SCHOOL PREMISESby Andrea Taylor
They gathered the entire staff in the auditorium after dismissal and told us about the sexual assault that occurred in the staff parking lot early that morning. The...
A WALK BY THE RIVER by Josh Greenfield
A WALK BY THE RIVERby Josh Greenfield
There are chemically induced medical conditions that require more than a good sponsor and strict attention to The Steps, many in fact. There is an entire pharmacological industry...
ANCHORS AWEIGH by Alan Berger
ANCHORS AWEIGHby Alan Berger
We told and tell people we met in Church.At St. Patrick’s Cathedral yet.That would be a falsehood, but she liked saying it. She called herself “A romantic embellisher”.We met within sighting...
MEANINGLESS by David Norwood
MEANINGLESSby David Norwood
I looked forward to when the grounds across campus were cut. It happened every two weeks, and today was one of those days, and it just so happened to be the last...
THE COOKIEMEISTER By Stan Dryer (Frank Bequaert)
THE COOKIEMEISTERby Stan Dryer
Childhood memories come and go. An image on television, a friend’s joke or a single word can trigger an explosion of memories, a chain of remembrance plucked out of the past....
CLOSING TIME by Edith Boyd
CLOSING TIMEby Edith Boyd
Mr. Colton’s wife sounded nice on the phone. She called the store often, and when she did, I got a good feeling, except when she was upset about one of their...
NO SCUM by Michael Stanek
NO SCUMby Michael C. Stanek Klaus knew somebody had been there. The signs his commanding officer told them to look for were everywhere. Folded clothing washed to death, unsoiled, stale, scattered across the bed possibly for...
THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN by Benjamin Haimowitz
THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MANby Benjamin Haimowitz
For eleven years since the shaking caused by Parkinson’s disease made life at home with him impossible, Steven’s grandfather had been in a facility for the chronically...
THE GREMLIN IN THE BALCONY by Jonathan Baker
THE GREMLIN IN THE BALCONYby Jonathan Baker
Today ought to be like any other Wednesday for Jackson Tolliver. He will leave his office at five-thirty on the dot and ride the train uptown to his...
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-SEVEN by Trevor Love
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-SEVENby Trevor Love
You have two thousand words, two thousand and eighty-seven words to tell a story. Can you do it? Two thousand and sixty-five. Two thousand and sixty-one. Can you do...