"The Comeback Kid" by Alan Swyer
For the first time in his adult years – not that he often thought of himself as an adult, or made much of an effort to behave like one –...
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- Nov 12
- 17 min
"I Can Do It In My Sleep" by Sam Szanto
‘Mummy, look, a ghost did a painting.’ Maddie looks. On the kitchen table is a painting of a bucolic country scene. There is a farmhouse...
- Nov 12
- 6 min
"The 396" by Steve Passey
“En un beso, sabrás todo lo que he callado.” — Pablo Neruda I have two things I have to do today. A local car show, where I’m parking my...
- Oct 3
- 3 min
"The Lake Underneath" by Travis Flatt
The hatch in back my house leads to a crawl space. This crawl space, made of mud, winds wormlike, creeps, full of centipedes, and delves...
- Oct 3
- 3 min
"When Gran-Gran's Pearl Necklace Goes Missing" by Jennifer Lai
When Gran-Gran’s Pearl Necklace Goes Missing she narrows her eyes at my brother, Dusty. He’s forever misplacing stuff: LEGOs, socks,...
- Oct 3
- 10 min
"At His Wedding, the Truth" by Sumitra Singam
CW: unplanned pregnancy, termination, gaslighting/emotional manipulation, acute manic episode There’s a clamour, a buzzing like a hive....
- Oct 3
- 18 min
"The Atlas of Memory" by Mike Lee
"Before words can run out, something in the heart must die." —Alejandra Pizarnik Bella closed her eyes at the bar, and memory formed two...
- Oct 3
- 5 min
"Make Sure They Get Your Good Side Because Someday You’ll be Dead" by Margo Griffin
I paid close attention to those who barely paused and those who honored my mother and took their time and pointed, laughed, or even cried...
- Sep 17
- 1 min
"Wants to Talk" by Z.H. Gill
Life’s been so-so, been good enough: I’m working at the Ken Foree Chrysler/Jeep down on Lankershim Blvd., selling lemons to...
- Sep 17
- 16 min
"Lost Road" by Mark Rogers
When I drove for the Mano de Plata cartel, I had no interaction with the natural world. I walked on tile and cement, drank from aluminum...
- Sep 3
- 4 min
"Pretty Little Pictures" by Miranda Steinway
After driving for many hours, Chloe and I step out of the car to approach the Grand Canyon. Both of us are smelly and stiff from the...
- Aug 20
- 17 min
"The Ibanez" by Brad Austin
Dervis told me he wanted to “sleep on it” but after lunch, he’d already had an answer for me, so I guess he napped on his lunch break. He...
- Aug 6
- 2 min
"Mane Man" by Joe Giordano
I’m not talking baby curls but full-Jesus, gleaming-waxen-flaxen, back-to-the-sixties, personal-best lush. The waves of maturity. Gray to...
- Jul 23
- 5 min
"Ten in January" by Steve Passey
Being a teacher does not pay well. Being a teacher’s aide pays even less. Mostly the kids are fine, just loud. It’s small town school....
- Jul 9
- 21 min
"We Could Be Other People" by Nicholas Claro
That first time we screwed around with the possibility of insemination looming, I couldn’t focus. I kept thinking about the state of our...
- Jul 9
- 8 min
"Leona and Carol" by Janet Clare
It had been a month since Carol sent her friend Leona an email telling her about Brute, the dog Carol had recently rescued. She thought...
- Jul 9
- 2 min
"Progress" by Addison Zeller
A writing program would’ve whipped me into shape. I wouldn’t be so damn flabby. My stories wouldn’t start in the wrong place, right at...
- Jul 9
- 29 min
"Floodwatch '90" by Kristy Bell
March 13, 1990: Elba, AL Seven old men formed a straight-back chair semicircle around the wood stove in the store front of Bill’s...
- Jun 25
- 11 min
"Ms. Redclay and the Infamous Peach Tree" by Wayne McCray
Greg Morris drove into a Lumber and Plumbing Supply Company's parking lot fast and halted abruptly in the nearest assigned loading spot....
- Jun 25
- 12 min
"Buena Vista" by Evan Morgan Williams
“So go to your damn party,” Jill said. Sam gazed at Jill across the bed. Her words weren’t exactly a free pass, but Sam would take them....
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