RELIEF by Edward Lee
RELIEFBy Edward Lee
She is unable to think of a different word to describe how she feels, a more sympathetic word, one that doesn’t sound so unkind, mercenary. So,...
THE FACE OF NEED by Joe Ponepinto
THE FACE OF NEEDby Joe Ponepinto
At the charity dinner, the city’s wealth was like a fragrance, subtle and sweet. As she breathed it in she began to have...
THE FASTEST GUN ON 441 by R. W. Haynes
THE FASTEST GUN ON 441By R.W. Haynes
OK, here’s the story.The setting is a semi-rural 7-11 type store. There’s a kind of lean and hungry lookin, raggedy, kind of...
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NOISE by Kelley Vick
NOISEBy Kelley Vick
"What. Is. That. Noise?" Rachel stared at the ceiling of Rodney's apartment – her new home – and pursed her lips. A sound she could only...
FOUR DAYS OF RAIN by Anita Haas
FOUR DAYS OF RAINBy Anita Haas
“I gotta pick up Susi at her grandma’s. Back in an hour. Think you can handle the place on your own that long,...
IGOR THE CHANGELING by Titus Green
IGOR THE CHANGELINGBy Titus Green “The future has no other reality than as present hope, and the past is no more than present memory.” (Jorge Luis Borges)A hostile stranger ten yards in front of...
SHAME by Harry Ricciardi
SHAMEby Harry Ricciardi
In Nelson’s dockyard, Wayne was working. On the back of some fancy plastic boat, the fitting had broken that held the wire that ran inside the...
PHOTOGRAPHER by Paul Perilli
PHOTOGRAPHERBy Paul Perilli
Last month, back from Portugal two days, I went to see a client and after that I hailed a taxi on lower Broadway to take me...
VALENTINE’S DAY by Christopher Johnson
VALENTINE’S DAYby Christopher Johnson
Dad was of the World War II generation. The Greatest Generation. Born in 1920, came of age during the Great Depression. Dad wore his body...
THE KING OF THE BOOT-STOMP GHETTO by Blake Rose
THE KING OF THE BOOT-STOMP GHETTOBy Blake Rose
The mousy girl at the front desk gave Alec a room pretty high up, not a penthouse, but still high enough...