THE COMPANY HE KEEPS by John Garcia
THE COMPANY HE KEEPSby John Garcia
He sits at an empty table in Leon Cafe in downtown Guatemala City. Looking up, he watches the uneven, twirling blades of a dust-covered ceiling fan, and slides over...
DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRY by Beth Goldner
DROVE MY CHEVY TO THE LEVEE BUT THE LEVEE WAS DRYby Beth Goldner
I stole the Jackson Marlowe sculpture, Cattails for Wendy, from the front yard of Jackson’s very own house. The stems were made of rebar...
LETTERS TO JULIA by Sara Cummings
LETTERS TO JULIAby Sara Cummings
It felt like it had been decades since I’d last been home and driving down the same roads that I’d driven for the first 18 years of my life. It...
SOMETHING GRAND by Joann Smith
SOMETHING GRANDby Joann Smith
“My God, it’s the church,” Mary Ryan cried as she and her neighbors Dora Amato and Eddie and Carol Edmunds turned the corner onto the Grand Concourse.Mary Ryan had been lying...
BOSON’S BEST by Keay Davidson
BOSON'S BESTby Keay Davidson
This is the story of how Ester the apple farmer and her trusty sidekick Nick became the heroes of Boson. Of course, I must inform you that once you enter Boson,...
NINE / TEN by David Robbins
NINE / TENby David Robbins
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For six months, Arthur Kramer treated me like he was doing me a favor by planking me. I let it happen because you’re out in the ninth if you don’t...
ROAD RAGE by Sharon Frame Gay
ROAD RAGEby Sharon Frame Gay
The police told our family that Jason, my husband, died instantly when his car swerved off the road and down a steep ravine. That's not true. It's what police like...
BY NO MEANS by B. P. Herrington
BY NO MEANSby B. P. Herrington
The fly skittering across the sales counter fiddled its forelegs and sprang up in an aimless drift. In the acrid odor of fertilizer and feed, Davis slouched at the...
