So, I started trying to figure out how she might be right, because I love her, and I trust her, and sometimes I think she might save me when I’m in the mood to think I need saving…… more
Category Archives: Fiction
The Butcher
FictionThe street lights shined on the metal siding of Harrison Brothers warehouse. During the day fifty men hauled bags of grain and loaded them onto trucks headed west. Danny knew a few people who worked there. He sometimes drank with them at The Rocks. But it was near midnight and the people gathered inside were… more
Biopsy
Fiction by Vance VoylesHe’d never been to a strip club, but he imagined they were full of Shelby’s.… more
The Gallows Fifty Cubits High
Fiction by Katie ArmstrongAll I can do is search the room for someone who can help me. But Marie went home a half hour ago, Saul’s sitting with his head buried in an ice chest, and all the cousins are dancing, bunched up in front of the DJ, wasted. I’ve seen worse—it’s Purim—but it might be time to panic.… more
Friends In Low Places
Fiction by J. BradleyThe principal made Mike an ex-middle school English teacher earlier in the afternoon.… more
dwindle, peak, and pine
Fiction by Timston Johnston—with thanks to the Columbus Zoo We find Hay-Zeus on what we think is a Sunday. He is in Cruciform. He is missing below the chest, his neck gnawed away. His fists clench fur. Shame, another says. He is our cook and we have not eaten since what we think was Friday. Not fish… more
One Hundred Twenty Sunny Nights
Fiction by Justin HerrmannBefore I left Illinois, I told Julie I needed to do this once, meaning Antarctica, not adultery. More and more I don’t know what I want in this world.… more
Salinas
Fiction by Steven J. RogersCarlos and I were in our usual lunchtime hiding spot underneath the bleachers by the football field. The only place we could get away from the “bro” haunted hallways of Washington Middle School. My lunch consisted of yogurt and strawberries, which the maid somehow thought I loved. I traded them to Carlos for his tortilla,… more
The Miller Position
Fiction by Z.Z. BooneSometimes a guy will do the unthinkable in order to improve his employment opportunities.… more
Hindsight
Fiction by Brian Phillip WhalenTim’s new step dad owned a Cadillac. His name was Bob and he looked like Corbon Bernsen. Bob had a daughter named Bonnie and I loved her. Bonnie smelled like coconut and wore bikinis at the beach. When Bonnie walked along the ocean, strands of her long blonde hair pinched off in the clasp on… more
