"Minnesota Morning" by Zary Fekete
The wood was so dry that it ignited almost as though it were paper. Paul stood up from the fireplace and grabbed the keys from the bowl....
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- Feb 5
- 4 min
"Cherry Tree Carol" by Paul Luikart
The man and woman hiked a yellow trace, barely a road, through the countryside, bound for another town. He walked in front of her. She...
- Feb 5
- 3 min
"Basket with Raspberries (for Anatoly Marienhof)" & "Coffee Pot Larry" by Marc Isaac Potter
Basket with Raspberries (for Anatoly Marienhof) The raspberries are misplaced in a wooden basket, cradled thankfully in multiple paper...
- Feb 5
- 15 min
"Is" by Joe Frleta
### “Yes, life is life,” Charles said. “Except when it …” ### “Isn’t” ### Charles pauses here, to which Cassandra says: “Okay, so what...
- Jan 22
- 1 min
"APRICITY" by Enchi
The bumble bee did not know that winter had begun until he woke in the mouth of a tulip, her petals glossed over with ice. He bumbled...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 9 min
“Olalla” by Stephen Myer
It had been nearly a century since my last visit to the chateau. My light carriage, drawn by two dappled steeds, ascended the steep,...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 4 min
“A Standing Ovation for the Scorpion in the Toilet Bowl” by Catherine O’Brien
These days she would accept all or any correspondence. His utterances are a dying dialect. The last thing he had told her was ‘I do not...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 10 min
"How Quincy Lost An Election" by Wayne McCray
Friday afternoon became interesting following a hard knock at the backdoor. I rose up from the kitchen table, abandoning my hot coffee...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 9 min
"The Permanent Marks left by the Broken Hearts Out on the 405" by Steve Passey
I Southern California smells of honeysuckle, pomelo, orange blossoms, lavender and the Pacific Ocean, always the ocean. All scents are...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 9 min
“Got Milk?” By Wayne McCray
My girlfriend, Jolene, took it and ran with it, but I figured I should let her know. Too bad an argument ensued and it ended abruptly....
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
“Paranoia” by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury
We thought you’d remember us. Trisha dreamt her kid tumbled down the stairs and opened the flesh below his knees. She’d woken up,...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 21 min
“Red Maples” by Paul Ilechko
A crimson mist, shading to pinkish-brown, burnished the tips of the red maple trees, but otherwise it was still late winter drab as...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 8 min
"Appetite" by Mike Hickman
Matt hoped to God he wasn't wearing the Cookie Monster T-shirt. While he might be able to afford one or two minor embarrassments today,...
- Oct 20, 2022
- 3 min
“The Roach” by Swetha Amit
I saw him again, looking as creepy as ever. Dark brown silhouette and protruding antennae that towered his large eyes. He crawled with...
- Oct 20, 2022
- 14 min
"Intruders" by Edward Hagelstein
Germit Honely lopes out of jail into the sun, ready to leave the place in his rear-view for good this time. He side-eyes the squat brick...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 10 min
"In Which Jeffrey Attempts to See a Film" by William Taylor Jr.
Jeffrey was walking along Larkin Street through San Francisco's Tenderloin district towards the Civic Center Plaza. He was stopped at a...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 16 min
"Eternal Recurrence on Endless Loop, Over and Over Again" by Steve Passey
Vanessa logged out and picked up her keys. Garrett, a “team leader” was leaning into the next cubicle and his lower body was blocking her...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 25 min
"Against the Current" by Brittany Ackerman
I dress in the dark every morning for school. I don't want to wake up Lanny, who makes his own schedule for his marketing business that...
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
“Serving Sushi” by Tim Frank
A small crowd of England soccer fans nursed plastic cups of local German beer while singing God Save the Queen. A couple of hours before...
- Sep 18, 2022
- 9 min
"For Girl X With Love James Wu" by Christine Kwon
He stood outside the Guggenheim, panicking. The light was about to change and his thoughts raced down 5th Avenue like a yellow taxi. God,...
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