Est. 2008

Est. 2008

Fiction

In the Dark

  What was that.   A sound. Outside, by the door.   Paul?   Wait. He’s in Ottawa. No. Miami.   Even further.   I feel around for the phone I always keep in the...

Getting Lost

  Rainbo1 and Marie2 are both watching the same lone pigeon3 walk along the edge of the curb at the bus stop. Its left foot is...

The Jammette

Sangita Gopalsingh paced back and forth before the wrought iron gates of her home, her white nightie swishing in the late evening breeze. The...

25,000 Wishes

Julio and Amelia have done everything they can to ignore the ladybug infestation. As dozens multiply into hundreds, it becomes increasingly difficult. Amelia presses...

Excerpt from “The Lighthouse Road”

The Lighthouse Road is available now from Unbridled Books. 1. (November 1896) Some ancient cold had taken root in Thea Eide’s belly, a feeling she’d not...

How We Arrive

One Monday I stood in my kitchen thawing orange juice concentrate, wondering whether to fix a sandwich. It was noon, quiet, and then I...

Empty Nest

  Excerpted from the in-progress linked collection, Joy, Somewhere in the City Laine was in the passenger seat, her husband Gerald at the wheel, when he...

God Time

Harrison’s sister pulls back her hair to show him the gill. A little opening like a mouth on her pale neck. He asks if...

The Eyes of Spies

The double agent slid down the side of a roof and launched, arms waving, across an alley to the next building, followed closely by...

Eva’s Room

After the sun sets behind the bakery, and the sky turns a dark Prussian blue, the children feverishly play their sweetest games before being called in....