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...
LUCKY PEOPLE by Christine Terp Madsen
LUCKY PEOPLEby Christine Terp Madsen
On the eighteenth anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Bubbe Jozef and Zayde Sofia gave up.We are tired, they wrote, tired of trying to become who...
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...
THE COLLECTION OF NORA by Julian Isaiah Holbrook
THE COLLECTION OF NORAby Julian Isaiah Holbrook
Mid-afternoon sunlight enters through the cracked curtains unwanted, a spec of light in a dim-lit room that reflects the inner linings of her discombobulated thoughts. Nora feels the Colorado...
ZODIAC COLLEGE by Chukwuebuka Festus
ZODIAC COLLEGEby Chukwuebuka Festus
Love seeketh not itself to please,Nor for itself hath any care,But for another gives its ease,And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.
Love seeketh only self to please,To bind another to its...
MINOR KEYS by Eric Stevens
MINOR KEYSby Eric Stevens
How DARE she yell at me like that! That bitch! Sophie walked down the sidewalk next to her apartment, earbuds placed firmly and playing nothing. She wore her sunglasses, though it was...
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...
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...