Fiction - Year V - Number 29 - October 2019

DAMAGEby Monica Strina It’s the day of Uncle Jeff’s funeral. In front of the church our relatives move in swarms. They remind me of the beehive that formed inside our double-glazed window years ago. I’ve...

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...

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...

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...

WHAT ARE YOU SAVING IT FOR?By John McLennon Monika entered Carnal Love, one of Berlin’s basement nightclubs. The men all wore uniforms of the lowest rank, common soldaten on leave, fresh out of training before the Reich shoved them...

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...

WHIRLWINDBy A. G. Dumas She sat turned in the front seat facing the passenger window withtears in her eyes. By mid-afternoon they reached Leeds, the departurepoint from the highway for travelers venturing to Yorkshire.When columns...

WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEALby Chase Dearinger Friday Afternoon             As Carl took the exit marked SH 33, confidence dissolved into panic.  His veins narrowed with the road.  The two-lane state highway meant that the Cimarron...

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...