"Casting Spells on the A47" by Rachel Canwell
On the drive to see my mother, the transformation begins. By the time we hit the bypass the change from A-Grade student to underage witch...
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- Feb 5, 2023
- 3 min
"Revenge, Served Hot & Pink" by Charlotte Hamrick
Our boss was a weasley old dude who thought he was a new age Magnum P.I. because he drove a Ferrari and had a mustache. He was always...
- Feb 5, 2023
- 2 min
"A thorn in her side" by Emily Macdonald
Her index finger throbs, becomes swollen. The climbing rose brims with scarlet-edged garnet flowers. Their perfume is heady, musk and...
- Feb 5, 2023
- 2 min
"Shambles" by Keith J. Powell
The music fades out and I’m concentrating through the booze to work the ATM. It’s a more delicate operation than I remember. I stick the...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 2 min
"Is it Cold Where You Are?" by Francine Witte
After all this time, my father shows up. Only thing is, he’s dead. “Good to see you,” I tell him. “Don’t get smart,” he says. So, it’s...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 2 min
"Shamanic" by Karen Arnold
Static. Hissing, voices just out of reach. No contact with the mainland for weeks now. I try every day to tune in to the base camp, but...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 2 min
"What Death Knows of Love" by Lisa Lerma Weber
Death stands in a dark alley, smoking a cigarette, watching a scrawny black cat slink behind an overflowing dumpster. Greasy fast food...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
"Countdown" by Emily Macdonald
The tinsel clad angels sing, open mouths black holes on a blazing lit stage. The families cluster outside the supermarket, watching,...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 3 min
"The Girl on the Pickle Jar " by Amy Barnes
He stole Addie as she hid in the pickle barrel. He hated pickles so it felt like the perfect hiding place. When we were dating, I...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 2 min
"When My Thoughts Become Cheshire Cats in Night Time Trees - Whispers and Teeth" by Jenny Wong
The bedside clock flips to 12:00 am as I lay and watch the changes that occur in the span of a second. Wednesday becomes Thursday. ...
- Jan 22, 2023
- 4 min
"My Reviews" by Kate Deimling
Clementa No-Kill Mousetrap Boxes – 5 stars Never had mice in the summer before, but somehow they’re getting in. Don’t want to kill the...
- Jan 8, 2023
- 4 min
"A Miniature Castle Surrounds My Brain" & "Subject Line Mercy" by Paul Rousseau
A Miniature Castle Surrounds My Brain Think: 2lbs of hamburger meat plopped and nestled in a shoebox. Think: a drawbridge, moat, archers...
- Jan 8, 2023
- 4 min
"The South Dakota Kid" by Burke De Boer
CW: ableist slur He came to town as a first round pick, expected to only be making a minor league pit stop before getting called up by...
- Jan 8, 2023
- 2 min
"Flying Solo" by Mary Anne Mc Enery
Connor sat on the park bench beside Ann’s wheelchair, watching the ducks on the lake. They looked peaceful; their lives simple. “If they...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 4 min
"Working from Home" by Nathan Pettigrew
My wife and I were imprisoned long before I thought of us as criminals, and these days I commit petty crimes in pajamas while working...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 4 min
“Wakefield” by Grove Koger
“There was a full moon that night,” Smith said, “so we didn’t go outside.” # # # By the time Jake had finished with his photographs and...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 4 min
" 'Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome' by The Mountain Goats" by C. M. Green
I mostly just want to talk about this one Mountain Goats song. It came out pretty recently, but I’ve listened to it a hundred times...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
“Memory Lanes” by James Callan
Bowling is like anything else; when you get a little drunk you become much better at it. The rule of thumb is you go with a bowling ball...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
“Questions on the Reading” by Kate Deimling
1) Discuss the theme of butterflies. What do they represent? 2) What does this story tell us about the role soup/gender/usury plays in...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
“Small Town Life in the News" by Nolcha Fox
*** Illegal Activity on Mayberry Street Last Tuesday, Mrs. Frobisher and her alleged lady friends broke up an illegal parade of wild...
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