Surrender – By Bari Lynn Hein
Dad’s car had plastic seat covers and no seatbelts. Whenever he turned a corner, he would intentionally accelerate, and Brad and I would slide...
Cleaning – By Norbert Kovacs
The stain had grown out of hand, Marcia Wilson thought raising her spray in the family bathroom. Black mildew that first covered a patch...
Maintenance – By George Angel
Amis had been grazed to the right of his spine by a bolt of lightning when he was an adolescent. That was the side...
Pigeons – By Richard Risemberg
"Look at that scruffy bum, thinking he's so sexy—hah!" Ellie gestured with her jaw. A fat male pigeon puffed and strutted on the brickwork...
There Lay The Tattered Souls – By Rimli Bhattacharya
She snickered as she uttered her name, “Dhaleshwari”. I smirked.
“Didi, you continue with your studies. Dhala won’t disturb you”, her mother Sarala assured me.
“Doesn’t...
The Illusion Of Consciousness – By Kim Farleigh
X-rays struck Matthew's tray. A snowy-haired man, with marine-green eyes, attempting impartiality, and glowing like alabaster, asked: "Why Israel?"
A distorted representation of Matthew filled...
Empedocles – By Mark Putzi
The sun blazes against the cloudless fabric of blue sky, engraves into my consciousness the sickly yellow face of a diseased child. Including myself,...
Montmartre – By Julian Gallo
Pedestrian incubus; deformed cardboard faces and a Polish girl chatting with two thuggish drug dealers as rain pisses down on dizzying faces with handfuls...
Around Robin Hood’s Barn – By Judith Goode
My therapist wants me to feel my feelings. I have a CD of bird songs and I’m listening to those and sitting in my...
That’s Where You Go – By Peter J. Dellolio
Early morning. Crisp autumn of the schoolyard. Beginning of the school day. Donna’s father crouches. Squatting he points. To guide Donna. Long high wall. ...
