"An Die Musik, D.547" by Meredith England-Markun
I just learned more about this composer, Schubert, yesterday. I was trying a new song in my lesson, and my cello teacher filled me in...
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Oct 1322 min read
"These Are the Good Times" by Rolf Ebeling
On a sunny, bright blue June morning—likely the last day of his nine-month-long teaching career—Randy Shep slouched on a hot metal...
Oct 131 min read
"Successful" by John Szamosi
She often reminisces that when she was a little girl she’d only get to eat full meals on school days, and during her college years she’d...
Oct 137 min read
"Child Protective Services" by JD Clapp
CW: Violence Barny let the heavy door slam in his son’s face. The boy struggled to pull it open against the storm-driven wind, his...
Sep 315 min read
"The Neighborhood" by Julius Olofsson
In April, he rang my doorbell, and by June, he had disappeared. But I didn’t know that then, as I sat in my apartment during a worthless...
Sep 36 min read
"A Blackbird, Bobble Hat And An Answer" by Sally Shaw
“Will someone come for me?” I ask out loud. The only one to hear is a Blackbird I’ve named Stanley Stub. Stanley has one good leg, the...
Sep 36 min read
"The glorious Miss Glory" by Sandra Arnold
The Bible Class our parents forced us to attend every Sunday morning was so mind-numbingly boring that Trinity and I spent our time there...
Aug 181 min read
"Ruminations over the loss of his dream" by Emma Burnett
When I wake, the baby is gone. My hand rests on my flattened, soft belly, empty except for some gas. Maybe it’s left over from the dream...
Aug 1815 min read
"After the Fall, 1975" by Sally Reiser Simon
Dzung Life sure is trippy sometimes. Take today. I’m sittin’ in a brand new ’75 Chevy Impala across from my dad. Two weeks ago, he was a...
Aug 410 min read
"Smother (v.): stifle, suppress, suffocate" by Ayin Ships
It was almost a joke when you asked me. I’d been splashing water on my face in the bathroom off the grand ballroom’s hallway, inching up...
Aug 48 min read
"Miracle Missiles" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello
I don’t exactly know where my dreams end and my memories begin, but I’m pretty sure that most of this is true. The summer I turned five....
Jul 214 min read
"The Shot: A Literary Documentary" by Andrew Buckner
“We can call this a ‘Literary Documentary’.” “But, this has to be a Horror tale. It's in our contract. It's in our rules and...
Jul 215 min read
"Monday Morning Quarterback" by Garrett Berberich
A freshly cut rose stood between the smiling couple, droplets of water clinging to its rigid stem. They reached across the corner table...
Jun 912 min read
"Yellow Skies & Lavender Tissues" by A.C. Francis
At seventy-one years of age, Robert wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to climb to the top of the tower. His inhaler sat on the dresser of...
May 127 min read
"The Kitchen" by Isabel Crabtree
It was the first really cold morning of the season, the sun was bright, the air crisp. When it was time to leave the cocoon of her cozy,...
Mar 177 min read
"Sabertooth" by S. Z. James
At that time, I was eating pretty poorly. I’d go down to the stand on the corner and get a hot dog once every couple of days and I’d eat ...
Jan 216 min read
"I Airdropped My Pussy to Everyone in This Airport" by V Garmon Koski
It took one misclick. As a checker and rechecker I let the impulse to recheck go just once. And in one fell swoop, I airdropped my pussy...
Jan 712 min read
"A House of Sticks" by Lisa Rodriguez
The first time she heard the baby crying was in the morning. Like a stampede of infant feet, the wails of high-pitched noise overwhelmed...
Jan 712 min read
"Mise en Place" by Rick White
1 I’m trying to remember the last time I actually spoke to Craig. I’ve got a text on my phone which reads: Mate! At a wedding and I think...
Nov 12, 202310 min read
"Terms and Conditions" by M. Rose Seaboldt
By lunchtime, Ollie had processed thirteen 1085 forms, seven 91B forms, and opened two new case files. He saved his current work (an 89C...
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