Est. 2008

Est. 2008

Fiction

Dark Social

I can’t say if it’s worth trying to track anything in our reality. I know every three winters we have these patterns where it...

Maintenance Requests

  Date: June 4 11:13amTo: Linda (Rockland Realty)Subject: Recycling binHi Linda,  Good to bump into you coming back from The Comet (and sorry if I was...

The Bartender’s Cure: An Excerpt

The following is an excerpt from the novel The Bartender's Cure by Wesley Straton. The Bartender's Cure is available now from Flatiron Books.   You’ve seen bars like this....

What Came First

Thomas noticed the boa constrictor draped along a stretch of brick wall. It was lying there festively, like a stretch of holly. He prodded...

Recycling Day

When I come downstairs and Mom doesn’t look up from the paper, I know she’s mad. I know we’re not going to Annapolis.  She’s mad...

Ampersand Jansen

Ampersand Jansen was riding his horse through the pines. "Hit don't bover me nun," he said, "the way the winds lash at the leaves....