“I’m sure you’ll agree that a forty-dollar male performance enhancer from your wife is a bit mean-spirited… more
Category Archives: Fiction
Dead Animals
Fiction by Jacob Mercer“He didn’t offer advice, didn’t hug. He engaged with the family in his own way, from a distance… more
Turf
Fiction by Josh DuBose“They positioned their tractors on all four sides of us while their foot soldiers filled the gaps and came at a run with weapons in hand. Mario coasted to a stop and cranked the CD player… more
Three Fishermen
Fiction by Cameron Pierce“You’d be out fishing with Bob at the aqueduct and Bob would return after having been gone for a while, and he’d say, ‘Come here, I want to show you something… more
Confessions from a Dark Wood
Fiction by Eric Raymond“At the time of my father’s death, I temped at an internet porn company named Purv which specialized in the niche of industrial machine porn. They were the masters of mechanized… more
A Three-Legged Table
Fiction by Cully Perlman“Their mother hadn’t wanted to go to the hospital, and no one made her. She had gone in a number of times, bad outcomes all… more
The Prince
Fiction by Scott Gould“I have discovered in previous retellings of this tale that a lack of background results in confusion, especially at the point of the second jumper cable incident… more
Blowout Clearance
Fiction by Michael Fischer“Brian hasn’t always held a Mattress Fair sign on the side of the road… more
Trip Brief
Fiction by John Bubar“You’re Air Force trained, right? Thought so—your hair’s a little long. Well, I’m Navy trained, so already you and I have this difference in how we do things… more
RV People
Fiction by Lindsay Hunter“We hit a bump and stop, back up, hit the bump again. Someone in the front says, Had to make sure it was dead… more
