"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...
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Oct 30, 20229 min read
“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, 20226 min read
“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, 20228 min read
"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, 20226 min read
“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, 20223 min read
"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, 20228 min read
"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, 202217 min read
"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, 20224 min read
"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, 20212 min read
"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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