"The Festa of Santa Marija" by Sara Sheldrake
On a breathless night in Malta, light fragmented by bedroom shutters pries Maria’s eyes open. She leaves her empty bed. The church bells...
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- Aug 18
- 7 min
"My Clawfoot Tub" by Sloan Sprau
I’ve figured out that if I run the bath for 10 minutes on full heat and two minutes ice-cold, the water in my clawfoot tub will reach the...
- Aug 4
- 14 min
"Thirty Broken Birds" by Michelle R. Brady
I. Quest Before what happened to Christine, before arriving in Iraq, before even leaving Nebraska, all we knew for sure was that there...
- Jul 21
- 7 min
"Day of Connection" by Joey Hedger
There were plans for a party at Ava’s place to celebrate the moment when the continents would converge, when land would finally touch...
- Jul 7
- 4 min
"The Microwave Clock is Unreliable" by Richard A Shury
There’s nothing I’m more sick of than the reliable tick of my grandmother’s grandfather clock, standing watch as it does over a living...
- Jun 23
- 56 min
"Rose of Sterling" by Gary Campanella
Part 1: Down by the Lake "Hey Tin Man, you think I could walk across that lake?" "I don't think the ice is thick enough, Rose." "No....
- Jun 9
- 2 min
"Skinnymalink Melodeonlegs Big Banana Feet" by Sophie Thompson
I’ll never forget his face, wide open to the harsh light of the screen, drinkin’ it all in. At’s why it happened, Da said. He was all...
- May 27
- 13 min
"Mr. Nakamura" by M.E. Proctor
We are, by nature, oddballs. Call us weird, extraordinary, freaky. Monsters. I will not dispute or argue the label. From the perspective...
- May 12
- 5 min
"Try Again" by Brian Greene
Claire was Chris’s new roommate. Chris was after me to try dating her. Chris and I had been friends for about 12 years by then. We were...
- May 4
- 12 min
"The God Hole" by Dave McNamara
Trixie had been writing for 10 years before she finally got published. It was a long slog, with dozens and dozens of bad short stories, a...
- Feb 18
- 11 min
"From the Rubble" by M.E. Proctor
My friend reminded me of a house fallen in disrepair. The slanting roof, the peeling paint, the gutters hanging loose. It can take ten...
- Feb 4
- 2 min
"How to get safely home from Taronga Zoo" by Elisa Dominique Rivera
First, don’t even be at the zoo during a forecasted storm even though your mum guilted you into taking your Tita, her not-so-favourite...
- Feb 4
- 3 min
"Poseidon has a Party and Wakes Hungover" by Joyce Bingham
The dried crunch of seaweed brought a crowd of swarming flies, the buzzing intermingled with gull calls. The tang of salt and iodine...
- Feb 4
- 64 min
"The Devil's Breath" by Wade Pavlick
Excerpt from letter dated January 13, 1957: … I’ve been haunted from the moment I arrived in this place. It’s different here, away from...
- Jan 7
- 3 min
"The Ruins at Quevdo" by L. A. Ballesteros Gentile
In the center of Old Town, where the ruins of Quevdo are located, there’s a top that’s been spinning for as long as anyone can remember....
- Jan 7
- 12 min
"Dark Wave" by Barbara Byar
After disco. Before AIDS. There was Joe. Joe wasn’t a model though he could have been. Northern Italian, he looked more Austria than...
- Jan 4
- 2 min
"Zunzuncito" by Judy Darley
Mama’s strides back and forth make sun and shadow fall in rhythm: dark light dark light. A drumbeat or a heart. Benita glances up from...
- Nov 12, 2023
- 10 min
"J.J. Larue" by Nathan Pettigrew
Kelly called J.J. and Brooklyn her “kids” and fed them drugs. A mix of fox terrier and Jack Russell, J.J. Larue was an absolute cutie...
- Nov 12, 2023
- 9 min
"La Garbancera Gótica" by Tina Cartwright
When Dad got sick in the nights his eyes would ignite and he’d yell, —Where is she? He’d prop himself up by the elbows, his head a...
- Nov 12, 2023
- 4 min
"Defender of the Forest" by Caroline Ashley
There is a forest at the end of our garden. Years ago, when I was a scrawny youth, decorated in scrapes and bruises, I ventured through...
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