Short Story

A World of Flirts

John Brandon -

The name of the lot was COOS AUTO BROKERS and the motto was Good Cars—Good People. Joyce used her weight to open the...

Thirty-Seven Women

Carolyn Black -

We were a community of thirty-seven women. Each woman lived alone in one of thirty-seven apartments in our six-storey building. The tall caretaker with fine...

The Sky Turned Black

Dan Schwartz -

And I wish it would again, but it has been twenty-one days so far and nothing has changed. People have been going about their...

Conversation at Four A.M.

John Goldbach -

He kisses her neck, while she sleeps, with little pressure. Staring at her, he thinks of the warmth and desire her face inspires...

The Best and Most Intense

Sherwin Sullivan Tjia -

The hypnotist knows what he’s doing. The woman in the bed with him has her eyes closed. She was very susceptible. Not everyone is....

When You’re Gone

Rhonda Waterfall -

Patty boards the train in Calgary on her way back home to Vancouver and takes a seat near the window. Other passengers heft their...

Our Assassin

Alex Coates -

Dear Mom, It’s been a while since I wrote, I know, but there hasn’t been much to tell. We had a late bit of...

The House Where the Grifters Squat

Tamar Halpern -

I am sixteen and running away to the house where the grifters are squatting. A single story rectangle with a claustrophobic porch, the place...

The Man With the Divided Back

Jennifer McCartney -

excerpted from the forthcoming novel The Man With the Divided Back There are only three cities in North America which can claim to be the...

Alice and Alex

Toby Litt -

She remembers them, Alice and Alex, not as they were, nor as they would have liked to be, nor even as they would have...