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Jan 263 min read
"Roquefort" by Michelle Furnace Brosius
I hunt through the soft cheeses for a chunk of Roquefort. Cheese shouldn't be the focus—not French cheese, not at Whole Foods—the...

Jan 264 min read
"Be Reaved" by Boyd Blackwood
Standing on the front porch is a little bright-eyed wren of a woman with a nimbus of untamed white curls; she’s wearing a black dress...

Jan 261 min read
"Sitting in Front of Your Casket, Contemplating Family Dynamics Via Comic-Book Sound Effects" by Sharon Boyle
My daughter – your Wham-bam! granddaughter – has become an almost-stranger with her Bif-boom! attitudes and Kerpow! moods . The distance...

Jan 262 min read
"Face Revolution" by Amy Marques
The sigh the pepper let out when Samantha sliced through him blew most his teeth away. Well, his seeds. Yellow peppers don’t really have...

Jan 44 min read
"Frank is typing..." by Victor De Anda
Frank Furtson 8:29 AM @channel Good morning and Happy Friday to all of you fellow Boinkers! Hope your week’s been a good one. You...

Jan 41 min read
"Honeymooning in Central Europe" by Johannes Springenseiss
Even though the music was loud in the gym I could hear her clearly; she was talking about the honeymoon and mentioned going to...

Jan 43 min read
"Two for Joy" by Rachel Swabey
A skull-shaped cloud floated past the day he crashed into my life. Into the window, to be precise—thwack! And there he was, lying still....

Jan 43 min read
"You Stupid Kid" by Dawn Tasaka Steffler
If I listen closely, I can sometimes pick out the high-pitched whiz that grand pianos and Acme anvils make when they fall from the sky....

Jan 42 min read
"Interface" by Daniel Addercouth
When we took the Uber home from the cemetery this afternoon, I thought of that holiday we had in Lisbon with you and Mum. We were sitting...

Dec 15, 20242 min read
"Red, Red God" by Linda M. Bayley
The crayons are hard to write with. They catch and drag on the walls. I want the red crayon, red, but it keeps breaking and my hand hurts...

Dec 2, 20244 min read
"The Winningest Cheerleader" by R. C. Barajas
Remember Charlie Bischman? Ponytail science geek, used to watch us from the bleachers? Well, Stacie, guess who drunk-dialed me in August?...

Dec 2, 20247 min read
"Tulips on Mars" & "Uncommon Toil" by September Woods Garland
Tulips on Mars I. Closing Me and Kiefer were closing the shop when Bossman called to say we better clean up extra good since Aero Puffs...

Dec 2, 20244 min read
"Mother Feathers" by Lisa Alletson
You wake to your husband’s fingernails digging into your shoulder blade. Swallow a wince as Jimmy squeezes the skin on your back. He...

Nov 17, 20244 min read
"The Pearl Divers" by Melissa Fitzpatrick
I knew my father was in the hospital for a long time, and I knew we visited, but I didn’t remember any of it. I didn’t remember the...

Nov 17, 20243 min read
"That Time When the Gods Saw a Marriage Counselor" by Kimberly B Hayes
Peri glared at her husband before answering my question. “I always hated that dog. He loves that stupid dog more than me.” Hades...

Nov 17, 20244 min read
"Marbled" by Brenden Layte
It’s cold on your cheek as you wake up, unsure of where you are and hungover, vomit crusted on your shirt and an HK MP5 a few feet from...

Nov 17, 20242 min read
"What the Master don't know" by Sarah Masters
It’s Monday mornin’ ‘an yer in ’t wash ’ouse dippin’ an’ wringin’ linen when I come to find you. You ignore me e’en though I’m standin’...

Oct 13, 20244 min read
"S'more stories" by Joanne Macias
It was going to be a dark and stormy night. Watching the clouds roll across the horizon, I anticipated a crack from the thunder that was...

Sep 30, 20243 min read
"Double Fisherman’s Knot" by Joyce Bingham
Storm clouds bruise the sky with flashes of forked lightning, highlighting the depth and power of the approaching gale. Around us the air...

Sep 24, 20241 min read
"Black Coffee" by David Ray Nichols
“Black with two teaspoons of raw sugar. I want it hot. I mean fire hot. I don’t want it to be that lukewarm crap this place serves us. I...
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