ERNIE by Clive Aaron Gill
ERNIEby Clive Aaron Gill
I can’t decide if I should stay with Ernie. We’ve been together for fifteen years, and it will be hard to leave. But lately, I’ve been craving something… something different, you...
LOST CAT by Bogi Beykov
LOST CATby Bogi Beykov
“Good evening, this is DreamNet - your friendly neighborhood internet provider. My name is Lilly. How can I help?”
“Thank God it’s you, sweetie?”
“Missis Hartford, how are you today?”
“Oh, you know, still...
ACCOUNTABLE VICTIM by Donald Zagardo
ACCOUNTABLE VICTIMBy Donald Zagardo
A black and green lamppost, tall with chipped paint, across from Bryant Park, in front of a classic brown and gold twelve storied building, the wind reeking of the park’s dead...
SQUISHY STAR TUBE by Franco Amati
SQUISHY STAR TUBEby Franco Amati
The thing I remember most about that day was the squishy star tube. The way it moved all slippery in my hand and how those colorful plastic stars inside just...
ZOETIC DEMISE by Savonte Hicks
ZOETIC DEMISEby Savonte Hicks
As I opened my eyes the first thing I saw was me, clear as day in a mahogany casket laid out in a black tuxedo, my drab hands clasped and my...
THE MAKEOVER by Adelaide Shaw
THE MAKEOVER By Adelaide Shaw
Maggie’s worries were not about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds that blew into Los Angeles raising temperatures and tempers and creating a high fire danger. Her worries were of a...
WHO AM I by Britney Saint Joy
WHO AM Iby Britney Saint Joy
The hot sun hit the face of a woman who stood very confused examining her surroundings. A shopping district aligned with numerous shops and cafes surrounded her while a...
DEATH AND BASEBALL by Red Rollins*
DEATH AND BASEBALLBy Red Rollins
He parked at the subway station and took the train to Union. The southbound train was filled with blue jerseys—couples, gangs of women, gangly men with turkey hats, punks, and Eastern...
CONFESSIONAL by Richard Rose
CONFESSIONALby Richard Rose
The request for a visit from a priest had taken Lucy by surprise. She knew that as a child her mother, encouraged by her parents who were devout Catholics, had been a...
HER LOVING ARMS by Marta Pelrine-Bacon
HER LOVING ARMSby Marta Pelrine-Bacon
Ella Cairnsworth didn’t mean to kill her boyfriend today. She loved him most of the time, and when she’d imagined murdering him, she’d planned on poison. Poison required no muscle...