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Category Archives: Fiction
Evening Guard
Fiction by Lauren Goodwin SlaughterI should have wrapped my Play-Doh mitts around her taut, Zumba’ed waist. But instead I applied for the lifeguarding gig advertised on a white board at the Y’s front desk.… more
Crane and Hoist
Fiction by William AutenPoor Joe Riggs. Time has slowed to a deceptive taffy-stretch for him while he waits for rescue.… more
Somewhere Without Trees
Fiction by Jordan FennellNo one broke Jesus’ legs, but someone made Him bleed. … more
Practically Married
Fiction by Kara NormanDouglas heard the television in the den attached to the kitchen. I should go into the den, he thought. That is where men in families go.… more
Dropping Dimes
Fiction by Chloe N. ClarkThere was barely anyone on the highway. Tony felt it was a mixed blessing: he wanted to need to pay attention, to not think about things other than working within the flow of traffic, but he also wanted to get there quickly. He remembered something a teammate, Liam, had once told him: to be good,… more
Gordo on the 4th of July
Fiction by William GatewoodAn idea I’ve been mulling all night catches and burns through my stomach.… more
The Angels’ Armory
Fiction by Hetch Litmani. Small Town Killers We called ourselves the Small Town Killers because we made ghosts of a man and a woman in their trailer home out on the Etowah County line in West By God, Alabama. They had done us wrong on a deal involving a small number of guns. The news reporters called us… more
