A HARD CALL TO MAKE by Kristine Sarasin
A HARD CALL TO MAKEby Kristine Sarasin
Before she got to the restaurant Shyanne had thought that a pair of dark wash jeans, tiny black heels, and a white crop top was a perfectly fine...
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER by Alethea Tyler
THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERby Alethea Tyler
One, two, three, four taps against the side of her thigh. To ground her. To calm her. Four was the perfect number. Divisible by two. The age of untouched...
HUNG JURY by Alan Berger
HUNG JURYby Alan Berger
The depressing envelope in Penny Bankey’s mailbox was surrounded by other depressing envelopes that went by the name of Bill now due.But this envelope out depressed them all as it was...
A QUIET MAN by A. Elizabeth Herting
A QUIET MANby A. Elizabeth Herting
They came from every corner of the land, making the long, sad pilgrimage to the place in the middle he called home. To say the man would be...
NOTHING FOR YOU HERE by Mitchell Waldman
NOTHING FOR YOU HEREby Mitchell Waldman
I've got bad news: there is nothing for you here. Nothing.Do you want to go through life in a dream state?You are nothing but a cog in their...
VALIDATION by Ivanka Fear
VALIDATIONby Ivanka Fear
I lost my identity today. Seriously, I woke up this morning and couldn’t for the life of me remember who I am. Maybe I’m still dreaming, I thought. I sat up in bed,...
THE NIGHT WE MET by Aimee Hardy
THE NIGHT WE METby Aimee Hardy
I opened my eyes, and it was snowing.I was all alone.I lay there wrapped up in a blanket, looking out at the snow. The TV was playing softly...
DRESSING THE PART by Deirdre Fagan
DRESSING THE PARTby Deirdre Fagan
The dress was boxed in 1990. The box still had the dry cleaner's receipt attached to its slightly yellowed side. Behind the cellophane window, Eva could just glimpse the beaded...