A black cat with piercing yellow eyes leaped out the window of a suburban house, shattering glass in his wake. "Great entrance,...

CW: Violence When the beatings began, I wondered if I should intervene. But we were waiting for our new fridge to be delivered, and that...

There was a roach on Gracie’s upturned back when she woke. Her eyes opened to slivers of afternoon light cutting onto the sheets from her...

There’s a brand of packaged dates called ‘Deri Dates’. Tesco does them. Allow me a moment to express the disgust and repulsion this...

“When I saw you in half tonight,” Dustin said through beef-jerky breath, “I think I’m actually gonna saw you in half.” Jane smirked,...

When Jake’s home randy from trucking and candy, Flo’s amphibious—a moist, round thing. She sticks her skinny limbs out rigid—her rigor...

We moved on Tuesday but didn’t unpack right away. Mom said the boxes made it look like we had more furniture so we left them taped up and...

When Chloe came home from school she spotted another pile of romance novels by the side of her mother’s chair. She picked one up from the...

He came to in an instant, like someone flipped a breaker. Sitting up, he looked around wondering where he was. This thought led him to...

‘We made a pact,’ the Devil says. He’s here in black and white, like a young Cary Grant. Top hat and tails. Tombstone teeth. Tommy,...

On Wednesdays, we pound wine. By six o’clock, my wife and I are three or four glasses deep six depending on who you ask), as we lie in...

Wednesday. A day. Not unlike the middle class and its acceptance of subpar success. A perfectly overlooked day in the strictest sense....

We sat in our rooms with the new Violent Femmes cassette tape, rewinding the part where Gordon Gano sings about why he can’t get just one...

Yesterday sadness hit me in the condiment aisle, my cart still empty save the unseasonal raspberries I will forget in the fridge, watch...

May awoke with a start in the middle of the night and felt a presence—a shadow, something—looming beside her bed. She clicked on the lamp...

The lure of the footlights drew him here and taught him to befriend himself. The gently sloping stairway to stardom kept him here....

Of course, she was an artist. Of course, she was a writer too. Kyp could tell that by the way she pirouetted around the office pulling...

He turned into the lot and parked in the back where the trees offered privacy and he backed in so the view to the building’s entrance was...

The Witches swoop around the downstage lip of the stage. One leans close enough to smell the sweet tea on her breath. My wife bought us...

Ann presents with tenderness in the mandibular and a new spring haircut. The clinical exam and radiographs reveal no decay or obvious...