Short Story

Mother Miri Full of Grace

Maggie Tokuda-Hall -

When Miri and Ben had sex, he filled her with a million babies, but then didn’t ask her to marry...

Slick Sided

Melissa Swantkowski -

Morgan saw her mother in the bedroom. “I’m a beast,” her mother said. “How am I ever supposed to take my clothes off again?...

Dealclosers

Michelle Sterling -

I found my first job in Montreal in the back pages of the English alternative weekly when I saw a telemarketing ad declaring, DEALCLOSERS...

Victoria

Jen Fawkes -

“This,” said Sid, holding Queen Victoria aloft, “is not your best work.” Darryl nodded. Sid wasn’t telling him anything he didn’t know. A blind man...

This is Conquest

Justin Lawrence Daugherty -

Out west the desert birds flew without need of the ground. Out west mountains rose and brought men closer to their gods than they...

All That We Never Were

Alexis Landau -

My shins are encased in flesh-toned pantyhose. The wrong choice, clearly, as the bare legs of all the other women flash brazenly underneath cocktail dresses....

Catch and Release

Helen Polychronakos -

Sam cursed at the ringing telephone. Minutes from her deadline, she was still fiddling with footage from the Minister of...

Envious Moons

Richard Scott Larson -

Every night that summer I looked across the yard from my bedroom window into Callie’s, which glowed like something you could see from space....

The House Breathes

Brandi Wells -

Crim has not seen her mother or father in a few weeks. Sometimes she hears them, shuffling in another room, or outside working on...

You Can Kiss All Of That Bye-Bye

Renee Simms -

These days, I’m inclined to think that my eccentric parents are going insane. I consider flying back home to see if this is true...