BEAUTIFUL IN THE WATER by Brad Shurmantine
BEAUTIFUL IN THE WATERby Brad Shurmantine
Packed with the fat and arrogance that would kill him three years later, Julius Schott lumbered back to his portable classroom after the...
OBSCURA by Ian Swalwell
OBSCURAby Ian Swalwell
It was too early for the cacophony, too early for the anxiety, too early for the shame, but it was there anyway. It wasn’t late enough...
THE BRIT by Alan Swyer
THE BRITby Alan Swyer
At first Adam Lerner didn't know whether to be stunned, dazzled, or simply jealous about Colin Nichols' rapid rise in Hollywood society.Both having arrived on...
THE PRICE OF KINDNESS by Robert Penick
THE PRICE OF KINDNESSby Robert Penick
I was born in Mississippi, which is a big Strike One right off the bat, but I was also born poor, to people...
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MESSINESS by Jahnavi Misra
MESSINESSby Jahnavi Misra “Does this spark joy?” Nita kept asking herself.She went around the room, tripping on random items, picking up one thing after another – a figurine, a coaster, a vinyl –...
JASPER & RUBY by Zach Murphy
JASPER & RUBYby Zach Murphy
“These guys have been around longer than us!” Jasper says to Ruby as they admire the Galapagos tortoises at the Como Zoo.
BETWEEN THE AISLES by Jessamyn Violet
BETWEEN THE AISLESby Jessamyn Violet
Fixation: An obsessive preoccupation.Sometimes, the only thing I can do to keep my mind off of him is to go shopping—mainly for cheap, useless...
HORSEBACK by Eric D. Goodman
HORSEBACKby Eric D. Goodman
Dustin prepared the horses for another day of riding. The sun had barely risen, but he’d already put in a few hours. Earlier, he’d made...
THE NEIGHBOR by Fiona Cooke
THE NEIGHBORby Fiona Cooke
Tommy was always the paranoid type; he bought 1,000 dollars' worth of security cameras and security locks, so if anyone were to show up,...
LINEMAN’S HUT NO. 13 by Magdalena Blazevic
LINEMAN’S HUT NO. 13by Magdalena Blazevic The shadow is alive and Sofija knows she cannot run from it. The room's walls cannot soak it in, nor can the dark swallow it up. She...