"Seagulls Circle and Scream" by Goldie Peacock
CN: substance abuse; in-community use of a reclaimed slur (d*ke) I came to town thirsty for all that it had to offer. 2007 Portland...
- Aug 21
- 3 min
"Our Sketchy Sister Sam" by Sherry Cassells
My twin brother Clem had a club foot but could climb like you wouldn’t believe. He’d swoop up trees like we were on the moon and if a...
- Jul 24
- 4 min
"So the wind won’t blow it all away" by rob mclennan
Only man, the pinnacle of creation, has the capacity to alter his world by wielding a sentence. Etgar Keret, trans. Jessica Cohen, “The...
- Jul 10
- 5 min
"He Knows Me Now" by Travis Cravey
When Lonny Morton walked into a bar, folks noticed. He was big and handsome. He was six foot five, two hundred and seventy pounds. He had...
- Jul 10
- 3 min
"The Visitor" by Lorraine Murphy
“Loveen, sit down. We need to talk.” The old woman sits uninvited at your kitchen table in a torn grey pinafore and filthy shirt, her...
- Jul 10
- 6 min
"Easy" by Tiffany M. Storrs
Charlie only liked it when it was easy. Lukewarm bourbon whiskey out of a water bottle in the backseat of a Chevy easy. Pink panties...
- Jul 10
- 4 min
"Classroom Embers" by Gavin Turner
Mr. Sharples surveyed the wreck of his once immaculate science classroom. He rubbed his blackened fingers against each other, but this...
- Jul 10
- 6 min
"Joules" by Kellie Scott-Reed
I worked at the deli counter at ‘The Dill’, a small gas station- slash-store in the middle of nowhere. We were a desperation spot for...
- Jul 10
- 8 min
"Tupperware Can Do Almost Anything" by Julia Halprin Jackson
“Believe it or not,” I say, hoisting the ice chest over my head, “I cannot control the river.” “Yeah, whatever,” Samantha says. “Just get...
- Jun 27
- 13 min
"White Knight" by Melissa Flores Anderson
Gwen picked up the levee trail behind the high school after the early morning rain stopped. She hadn’t put in contacts in the rush to...
- Jun 27
- 4 min
"A Question of Life" by DJ Tyrer
“This is most irregular. Most irregular, indeed.” The judge pushed his tiny glasses up his nose and looked at the petitioning lawyer....
- Jun 27
- 7 min
"Smokey and that Damn Mouth of His" by Wayne McCray
The screen door burst open. Erlene, a black pony-tailed girl, ran through the house until she reached the kitchen. "Nana, come see!...
- May 15
- 6 min
"Banged-Up Grill" by Sy Holmes
Assistant Professor of Botany Dr. Sylvia Anderson woke me up at 2 AM and told me she had to get going. I lit a cigarette on my front step...
- Apr 17
- 8 min
"The Mutt" by James Jenkins
Ronnie hung over a sea of green. The pain in his lower back non-existent. A combination of deep concentration and self-medication. The...
- Mar 20
- 15 min
"The Center of Gravity" by Steve Passey
CW: suicide After the fire, even as the rain comes, a man will most miss what he never had. A service had cleaned his condominium...
- Feb 20
- 21 min
"Rich Girls" by Melissa Flores Anderson
I noticed Eve first at the Bad Ass Café in Dublin in Temple Bar. She sat across from me and I thought she looked a lot like my favorite...
- Feb 6
- 3 min
"The Dead Parts" by Margo Griffin
Discovering that most supermarket, free-range turkeys primarily congregate in overcrowded, dirty sheds, Evie bought herself a free-range...
- Feb 6
- 4 min
"Lady and Child" by Lorraine Murphy
My neck aches from gazing at the clear glass ceiling in the Grand Gallery but I don’t know what else to do. I’ve studied every detail of...
- Feb 6
- 16 min
"A Field of Snow" by Victoria Leigh Bennett
Andrew Martin looked out at the post-New Year’s snow and thought of all the New Year’s he had passed happily: first with family, then...
- Jan 2
- 7 min
"Morning Rounds" by Edward Belfar
No, you didn’t wake me. Nobody here got any sleep last night. There’s a woman down the hall who spent most of the night screaming. She...