Is it a good sign my girls feel comfortable punching me when I make a bad joke?… more
Category Archives: Fiction
The Vines
Fiction by CL BledsoeThe old man died in the doorway of the Fish Shack as we were coming in from a late day of harvesting grapes. … more
Relentless
Fiction by K. A. TateA good Christian boy learns to lie to himself in profound ways.… more
Ichi Ni San Shi Go
Fiction by Matthew BanashIchi…ni…san…shi…go, he says, raising then lowering the puck with each word, each number in Japanese, until he drops it quickly on go like it was a hot coal.… more
Curiosity
Fiction by JR WalshI supposed he hated me and tee-ball as much as cats, repeatedly asking “Why don’t you play with a ball of yarn?”… more
Townie
Fiction by Sarah WalkerHe wonders how he has become all of these things as he stares into the bathroom mirror, holding his breath so his face has color again. He lets the air out and leans over the sink. He keeps breathing, the sound deep, the feeling and pulse of it so deep that his shoulders tremble.… more
Speaking in Tongues
Fiction by Travis TurnerHis beady blue eyes flashed over toward me but I was already gone. I was able to make out one phrase he kept repeating over and over though: Forgive me! Forgive me!… more
Visitations
Fiction by M.C. SchmidtIt occurred to him to kiss her on her sleeping check, but he couldn’t shake the thought that the gloss of vodka on his lips would leave a permanent sanitized mark, a bleached, diamond-shaped tag that would mar her face for life. So he closed her door and stumbled down the hall to the kitchen to top himself off.… more
