“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,...
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- 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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