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"Lanes" by Sadie Maskery
Today was cold but bright, the October sun low on the horizon and bouncing rainbows from the car windscreens. The children were laughing...
Feb 20, 202211 min read
"The Dead Parts" by Margo Griffin
Discovering that most supermarket, free-range turkeys primarily congregate in overcrowded, dirty sheds, Evie bought herself a free-range...
Feb 6, 20223 min read
"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...
Feb 6, 20224 min read
"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, 20224 min read
"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Angie has a small part in my unpublished novel.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....
Feb 6, 20223 min read
"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....
Jan 2, 20228 min read
"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, 20213 min read
"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, 20216 min read
"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, 20214 min read
"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, 20211 min read
"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, 202110 min read


"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...
Dec 19, 202110 min read
"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...
Nov 28, 20214 min read
"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 31, 20218 min read


"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)...
Oct 17, 20216 min read
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