Fiction

Society and Others

Tim Conley -

There was a man stranded on a desert island. So we went and rescued him. It turned out that this was not to his...

When the Stillness Comes

Arjun Basu -

The noise from the neighbors’ party interrupted the father's slide show for the last time. A slide frozen on the wall: Furby on the...

Blossoms

Alice Kaltman -

Alice Kaltman’s debut collection of short stories, Staggerwing, is forthcoming this October from Tortoise Books. On the sweltering...

Ghosts You Loved More

Michelle Lyn King -

In late April of my junior year, a boy with intentions that at the time were still unknown to me (as opposed to unclear,...

The Enchantment of Alon

J.A. Bernstein -

1 Sgt. Alon Gar, Battalion 8110 (Reserve), was mystified by this one. He stood along the deck...

Your Children Are Not Your Own

Soili Smith -

Cherie says I’m too smart for my own good. I read too much, use too many big words from big books, she says. This...

My Father’s Death is a Law School Graduate

Kate Axelrod -

I see her at the airport before she sees me — she alternates between checking her phone and looking around — and I feel...

Breaking

Julia Chan -

The little voice told me to come here. I don’t always listen to it, even though they say you should. But this time it...

Until I See Palm Trees Again

Ben Fama -

“People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare.” –Norman Buckley, quoting Michael Connelly, in a tweet He’d kept in touch with Mars the week...

Four Ghost Stories

Bonnie Nadzam -

Excerpted from Bonnie Nadzam’s new novel Lions available now from Grove Atlantic. 1. Today, where the old highway connects with the frontage road...