"Lady and Child" by Lorraine Murphy
My neck aches from gazing at the clear glass ceiling in the Grand Gallery but I don’t know what else to do. I’ve studied every detail of...
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- Feb 6, 2022
- 4 min
"Goodbye, Stella Polaris" by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury
There was no light in the sky. True, scientists never expected the pole star to go supernova, and yet it so unceremoniously blinking out...
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
"A Character Study" by Francois Bereaud
Angie has a small part in my unpublished novel. Her daughter, Mindy, is the catalyst in the novel and the second protagonist as it were....
- Jan 2, 2022
- 8 min
"All the Salt in the Sea" by Steve Passey
There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. - H....
- Dec 19, 2021
- 3 min
"My Famous Bed Story" by Robert Fromberg
Back when I used to tell my famous bed story, I told it slowly. In my mind, its events needed to undulate like a flag filmed in slow...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 6 min
"Himself to Himself" by Mike Hickman
It was the same every time it happened, Al thought, as he pulled on the gloves. After the bodies had been uncovered or the evidence...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
"Stay Red" by Nikki Williams
Alex kept digging until her forearms were on fire. She crouched down, clawing through layers of hats, purses, belts, wishing she’d worn...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
"Polka-Dot Scarf" by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
April was wearing a polka-dot scarf at the picnic where she fell in love. She untied the scarf and swirled it in the air to announce her...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 10 min
"The Book of Walter" by Francois Bereaud
Walter's Eighth Hypothesis Although it may be true that one may avoid some nagging when one's mother leaves, it would be disingenuous to...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 10 min
"Recyclable Glass" by Mark Blickley
Photograph by Amy Bassin The 8:22 a.m. Kennedy Boulevard bus paused at the red light on the corner of Bentley. While staring at the line...
- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
"Tagging" by Francois Bereaud
“Look at that.” My wife points across my body as I slow to pull into the driveway. Her arm irritates me, but her tone lets me know not to...
- Oct 30, 2021
- 8 min
"A Song for the Apocalypse" by Kellie Scott-Reed
Somehow, I knew the end would come slowly. The luxury and mercy of a catastrophic event that obliterated billions of years of evolution...
- Oct 16, 2021
- 6 min
"Paige out of Time - A Case Study" by Adrienne Rozells
Paige out of Time A Case Study Kronosis Management Case Study Paige Jenkins — Traveler Active from the Year 2019 (in this timeline)...
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