COWHIDE by Alan Berger
COWHIDEby Alan Berger
She grew up aware of the process of slaughter.She heard it. She saw saw it, she smelled it, she ate it.That is how it turns up...
THE BEST COMPANY by Ezra Brooks-Planck
THE BEST COMPANYBy Ezra Brooks-Planck
The man blinked. He looked around him. There was nothing. He stood in a vast emptiness. There was no light and no dark. All...
ELECTRICITY by David Rogers
ELECTRICITYby David Rogers
The whole sky flashed, a searing electric blaze, fading to the blue-brown of the horizon. Lightning here did funny things to a man’s vision. The clouds...
THE EULOGY by Christopher Cooper
THE EULOGYby Christopher Cooper
The day after I sold my novel was my father’s funeral. And while I should have been looking forward to promoting my book, all I...
A NIGHT OF FIREFLIES by Gail Hosking
A NIGHT OF FIREFLIESby Gail Hosking
I listen to the story again, the one on the edge of memory ready to be told like something written from the future...
MOUNTAINS & RAINBOWS by Matthew Vesely
MOUNTAINS & RAINBOWSby Matthew Vesely
The MountainI stepped over a root crawling along the forest floor, one of the bigger roots, one of the roots that stemmed off into...
THE FOOD UPON WHICH OTHERS FEAST Thomas Elson
THE FOOD UPON WHICH OTHERS FEASTby Thomas Elson
We mapped this route generations earlier, and irrespective of origin, the path is the same for everyone. We also dictated a...
THAT GIRL, SHE SLEEPS IN THE CLOSET by Jessica Milam
THAT GIRL, SHE SLEEPS IN THE CLOSETby Jessica Milam
Joanna tore open the eviction notice taped to the front door of their apartment, caught her breath, then promised Noah...
THE PLAN by Michelle Kouzmine
THE PLANby Michelle Kouzmine
The plan was Vera would take a nap while Frank showered, and then they'd unpack together. But Vera never could rest in a place that...
JONES STREET by Andrew Chinich
JONES STREETby Andrew Chinich
Looking back now, thinking of Ruby makes me smile. But it took a long time to get to this place. What then felt like a...