Fiction - Year V - Number 29 - October 2019

STALKING CHOREby Joshua Eric Swedlow A one-story house on a familiar street in the early morning can be seen as the sun rises.  Light shines in a soft haze on the dew and mist hanging...

AMSTERDAMby Ruth Deming After my second cup of Starbucks Coffee, the world was looking mighty beautiful. As assistant librarian of the Willow Grove Library – and I promise not to joke about the lack of...

LUZCINDAby Adrianna Zapata Sitting at the bench under her window sill, Luz Rivera could make out the entirety of her street. The road separating the two lanes of houses is narrow, making it so nobody...

MELANCHOLYby Dell R. Lipscomb “I got an application from somebody at Alton Diabetic Supplies,” Paige stated. “Lanesha Timmons. She listed you as a reference.”It took a few moments for Louisa Barrow to remember her erstwhile...

FIRE OF THE GODSby Nofel Nawras ‘Your darn right I’m het up. I want to know who that varmint is and what he’s a doin’ on my land.’Maisy Lou was low down trailer trash from...

DOWNTOWN WALDOSby Mark Massaro  Riley, my pot-dealers girlfriend, arched her body over the enormous yoga ball in front of my while I sat on their couch as he weighed out quarter bags on a digital...

ZAMBONI PUDDLEby Joe Miller “Can’t now,” she says. “You’re going to have to take him.”He knows an extra shift for Stacey means time and a half, and extra cash for them, but the alternative feels...

LUCAS PARRABy Jose Recio  It’s the year 2010, and Lucas Parra can’t wait to be there! He’s returning to his old town in Spain, where he was born and raised. His parents immigrated to America...

PORTOby Benjamin Rees With sand still in his boots, and a sleepless night in the Cairo airport behind him, Jordan took the tram from the airport towards downtown Porto. It was well past midnight.The city...

COMPANIONby Mark Hurtubise In a small round city park, Timothy, an almost unconditionally-loved young boy, frequently played alone under 16 oak trees sharing the perimeter with eight wooden picnic tables. Unlike imaginations around him, he...