"Love, Blood & Handball" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello
Let me tell you how I got the scar on my left knee. Three o’clock Friday afternoon. I’m eleven. It’s all promise. None of it’s happened...
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- Nov 12
- 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...
- Sep 3
- 12 min
"The One Alone" by Victoria Leigh Bennett
Pietro Brown was his name; when you were first getting to know him, and queried the Italo-English name, he’d just shrug, say something to...
- Aug 20
- 5 min
"There’s Barf in the Pool" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello
This is back in Throggs Neck, the summer I turn ten. It’s too hot for whiffleball, handball, stickball, or stoopball. I’m sweating into...
- Jul 9
- 10 min
"The Taffy-Chewing Girl" by Lance Colet
There are other, better places to spend time than this no-name boardwalk in this no-name beach town. The taffy-chewing girl seemed to...
- May 13
- 8 min
"Ruins" by Elizabeth Roos
On September 26th, 1687, a Venetian mortar round fired from the Hill of Philopappos hit the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. This caused the...
- Apr 30
- 2 min
"My Sister Cape" by Sherry Cassells
My sister Cape was only two years older than me except for in the summer months we were one thin year apart. And there it is the first...
- Apr 16
- 12 min
"Stuntman" by Daniel Mowery
The ground trembled when the trains came by, vibrating the bones in their ankles and knees as the countless boxcars barreled on, clanking...
- Apr 16
- 4 min
"You Ask Me What I Want" & "Hobbies" by Emma Burnett
You ask what I want and you look expectant. I want to tell you that I want a day in a hotel room with you. I want a nowhere space, where...
- Apr 2
- 9 min
"Fallen Hickory" by Adam Forrester
I inspect the fence post, and Beechie trots over and nudges my hand with her nose. She’s always asking me for a pat on the head or a...
- Mar 5
- 2 min
"What Else Goes On That I Don't Know About" by Sherry Cassells
It’s been raining since Christmas yet the water is lower than ever before and there’s a newly revealed rock looks like the hood of a car...
- Feb 5
- 8 min
"Just Forget It and Have a Donut" by Rami Obeid
At breakfast, everybody’s eyes were bloodshot. Baba's eyes were flu-like in the sense that they would turn cold or hot in a split second,...
- Feb 5
- 2 min
"Mandela Effect" by Niles Reddick
After five o’clock, we got together at La Siesta for margaritas, fajitas, and tacos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and someone asked what...
- Feb 5
- 18 min
"Key Ring" by M.E. Proctor
The monstrous key ring hanging from Jack Oliver’s belt fascinated us. The top large hoop held smaller ones, in a complicated interlinked...
- Jan 22
- 7 min
"Polar Bear" by Edward Barnfield
Roland Nevins adjusted the waistband of his shorts, rearranged his gut. There was a second band of flab down there these days, the skin a...
- Jan 8
- 14 min
"Blood & Breastmilk" by Robert Nazar Arjoyan
The ink was dry, she could see that, but Army decided to give it another minute before folding the paper. Smudges wouldn’t do. Without a...
- Jan 8
- 2 min
"First Things" by Rebecca Dempsey
The first thing a baby can do is cry. Stimulus response, vocalised, after that first smack. Tears, and the wordless wail. That tap. Hush...
- Jan 8
- 3 min
"Mistakes and Omissions" by Sherry Cassells
Your analogies are too cumbersome, Colin used to say. They should snap. Yours don’t snap. Colin could be a real drip. I don’t miss him...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 8 min
"We Need All Of Us" by Anna Lindwasser
CW: Hell, death, demons, alcohol. When we entered Hell, we got these little printouts that justified our damnation. The demon handing...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 6 min
“Charon’s Obol” by C.J. Goodin
Nathaniel rose from a deep slumber to find himself lying on a black stone river bank, hearing only the sloshing of ice-cold water. The...
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