"Isaiah Monkford" by Victoria Leigh Bennett
In setting down this story of my son, Isaiah Monkford, I, Dane Alexander Bettingsley, am guilty of a bit of a misnomer. Because it isn’t...
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- Apr 30
- 9 min
"The Process" by Jillian S. Benedict and Michael Cocchiarale
We talk a lot about process—not outcome—and trying to consistently take all the best information you can and consistently make good...
- Apr 2
- 8 min
"Tolstoy 2.0" by Yelena Furman
Anna Karenina didn’t die under a train. She divorced her husband and lives with Vronsky and their daughter, Annie, in St. Petersburg. She...
- Apr 2
- 7 min
"Hunger in the Blizzard" by Mark Tulin
Hunger doesn't always jive with common sense. I guess that's why I went out into a February blizzard to the grocery store when it would...
- Mar 19
- 10 min
"Neat Neat Neat" by Mike Lee
On the drive to Austin, when Katerina passed the Brenham exit, the anxiety hit, and the verbal processing commenced. “We have only four...
- Mar 19
- 9 min
"New Years Kiss" by Alex J. Barrio
It’s New Year’s Eve and I’ve been single for way too long. Well, not like way too long, but definitely a long time, depending on how you...
- Jan 22
- 5 min
"Voyager Bay" by Barbara Lock
Father threw me off the sailboat, gripped the rudder with his left hand, did something with the rope in his clean, right palm. The boat...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 12 min
“Flowers Bloom in Bardo” by Jack Moody
There was another new one today. The man rose from bed, feeling the bandages covering his body. The white carnation had bloomed out of...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 5 min
“And Other Things to Do While Stuck in Traffic” by R. Tim Morris
In the rearview he watches the couple arguing. He adjusts the mirror and leans back, a wide-screen performance just for him. The woman is...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
"Magical Thinking" by Travis Flatt
I wish I could enjoy the stars, but I waste time out here worrying. “Can you get my wife on my phone?” I ask mission control, but the...
- Oct 30, 2022
- 9 min
“Kewpie Mommy” by Taylor Haynes
The women at the babyshower are all very beautiful. They hold bagels and pink, slimy lox on porcelain plates. They sip mimosas out of...
- Oct 20, 2022
- 6 min
“Obituary” by Sarah Clayville
Morbid curiosity compels us to do strange and awful things. I sit at the Magnolia Café tucked in the odd space between lunch and dinner,...
- Sep 18, 2022
- 8 min
"Shoulders" by Beth Kanter
Anna exhaled her ten-hour day and reached for the doorknob. The wobbly chair she expected to encounter, the one Papa Sol insisted Ettie...
- Sep 5, 2022
- 6 min
“Date” by TE Rossi
The car roars past the abandoned station. Beyond the windows a glimpse of the tiled artwork, then darkness. They settle in for the ride...
- Jul 24, 2022
- 3 min
"The St James Place Bookshop" & "Snail Mail" by Susan Cornford
The St James Place Bookshop Janice sat surrounded by Penguin Classics, sighing and sipping her Fanta. Traffic swished by outside the...
- Jun 27, 2022
- 8 min
"Keijō" by Jim Towns
Kanagawa Prefecture - 1877 Keijō believed that his responsibilities encompassed much more than simply keeping the temple free of mice,...
- Apr 3, 2022
- 17 min
"Useless, Useless" by Jarrod Campbell
The news came over social media that Carlton Monroe died. Tragically. Accidentally. But at least while doing something he always wanted...
- Feb 6, 2022
- 4 min
"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...
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
"Handyman Special" and "Cracking Eggs" by Matt McGuirk
Handyman Special Handyman Special: it’s just right for someone with a few skills, some time on their hands and some elbow grease. That...
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