Fiction

Man Is Born to Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward

Terese Svoboda -

Three motorcyclists ripped through the gravel that Granny had spread not the week before, spraying stones in a half moon along the house side. One of...

The Little Shadows: an excerpt

Marina Endicott -

Gentry Fox was the shortest man Clover had ever seen, shorter than she was by far. As if someone had pressed down on the...

Clothes Make a Man

Jessica Michalofsky -

Here is what I do: I drink a small vessel of sow’s blood. I do this quickly with my eyes closed, and tears...

Waiting for Women

Rebecca Rosenblum -

Colleen’s eyes were a flat silver-green, and her gaze rested on Theo as if he were a tree stump or a fire hydrant. “My...

Ballpark Figure

Rebecca Entel -

My brother Dyl’s always keeping me on my toes by pretending he doesn’t love me anymore. “Foul ball?” are the first two words he barks...

Cry Baby

Kathryn Mockler -

It is an early Friday morning. The alley is quiet except for the shopping carts and the rattling cans and bottles of the bottle...

Guidelines for Flying: 3 Destinations

Samantha Cohen -

San Pedro, California Descend onto the rockiest beach you see, the one with the greatest differentiation in color among its rocks. The beach you choose...

Something Special

Sarah Gilbert -

In the Gatineaus, where they’d rented a cottage, the days were an early summer medley of leaf green and lake green. It was the...

Collection Day

Kurt Gottschalk -

Xian took a paint marker and an old mini-cassette recorder from his pocket. “Second and C,” he said into the tape recorder. His work...

Babies

Ricco Siasoco -

More incredible things had happened, Hugo thought, than a man giving birth. Frogs were born with six limbs; praying mantises laid eggs in gummy...