Fiction

The Score

Stephanie Pushaw -

When they play tennis she lets him win. Not all the time; not so bluntly that he feels babied. She’ll let him get up two-oh,...

Lottery Solidarity

Alejandro Varela -

I was home alone with our son when I found out, and my husband was away on business. It was August. I hadn’t yet told...

Waiting for Adnan

Hajera Khaja -

It is 8:00 and Adnan has not yet arrived. Maryam is sitting cross-legged on the sofa. Her mother is at the dining table fingering...

Dirt

Shannon Robinson -

The house and all its dirt waited for my touch. I was parked by the curb with the engine running. I wanted to go in;...

This is the Game. These are the Rules.

Matthew Mastricova -

All of the rides are whirring and all of the games are singing and kids are everywhere screaming and shouting and smiling and crying. Peter...

A Few Words on the Lack of Donuts

Stephan Eirik Clark -

Dear Class, You have no doubt noticed by now that there are no donuts on the workshop table. This being the last class of the...

Everyone Gets It

Sara Schaff -

Cici in Social Media has returned from vacation with a new personal belief system. "In the end," she informs me, "everyone gets what they...

Somewhere Inside of Santiago

Santiago Jose Sanchez -

Santiago hadn’t hooked in over a year when he invited the man over on Christmas Day. He waited in the kitchen for the door to...

Ken Deed

Mark Keats -

The day that Ken Deed had to choose his future did not start out unusual. As he drove to work his usual way, the same...

In the Kitchen

Chaya Bhuvaneswar -

1. Adam’s mom warned him not to marry Renuka. His mother always surprised him with her capricious San Francisco Nob Hill politics, same sensibility that supported gay...