"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,...
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Oct 3, 202310 min read
"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, 202318 min read
"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, 20235 min read
"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, 20231 min read
"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, 202316 min read
"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, 20234 min read
"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, 202317 min read
"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, 20232 min read
"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, 20235 min read
"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, 202321 min read
"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, 20238 min read
"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, 20232 min read
"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, 202329 min read
"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, 202311 min read
"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, 202312 min read
"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....
Jun 25, 202318 min read
"Restoration" by Gavin Turner
Please forget about my name. It’s Constance Bytheway. I always felt like I stole it from an old lady when I was born. Perhaps, in time, I...
Jun 11, 202310 min read
"The Linden Trees" by R. N Roveleh
Lord Eadgar stepped through the grass with sudden caution, careful not to crush under his gait delicate white and purple lilies, nor bend...
May 28, 202312 min read
"Missouri Ave" by Zola Wharton
For nine consecutive months, I found myself being followed by the same dream. Every time I closed my eyes I arrived at the same...
May 28, 202316 min read
"Love, Jola" by Ibrahim Babátúndé Ibrahim
I always pride myself as the best waiter in Faaji Restaurant and Lounge. Maybe even in the whole of Ibadan. But all afternoon as I skid...
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