Category Archives: Fiction

The Pine Barrens at Night

{Jan 19, 2015}

“Our friend said he wasn’t feeling right, that he didn’t trust himself to be alone. This isn’t the first time he’s called in a moment of crisis. We don’t want to leave a man behind, so we go… more

Reckonings

Fiction by John Thornton Williams

{Jan 12, 2015}

“Some threw rotten fruit, so Sanchez rode abreast with the boy to shield what he could, but the boy and his horse were hit aplenty… more

Adaptation

Fiction by Corey Mertes

{Jan 5, 2015}

“She bought a convertible Lexus, did I mention? I get home one night at ten, there it is in the driveway… more

Nineteen Ninety-Nine

Fiction by Dean Marshall Tuck

{Dec 29, 2014}

“Dad said if the world was ending he wanted his grill under the maple in our backyard … more

Home Furnishing

Fiction by Christopher Sicilliano

{Dec 22, 2014}

“She says that at night she can hear them scratching, the cockroaches; she is certain they wait like voyeurs for the lights to go out… more

Una Vida

Fiction by McKenzie Hightower

{Dec 15, 2014}

“He called her Lucy, after my Ma, on account of her eyes being big, round, and dying… more

The Book of Joel

Fiction by Ian Hilgendorf

{Dec 8, 2014}

“I knew I wouldn’t make it in this world for two seconds if I didn’t have someone like him to look out for me… more

Girls

Fiction by John Duncan Talbird

{Dec 1, 2014}

I met your father, a simple man, and six years later you were born. We have no television because we’re here in the woods to experience the world. … more