Published: Dec 28, 2020
Oak Street
featuring: Quin Harris
We lived in the oldest house on Oak Street. It was smaller than all the other houses, but it was older. I thought that meant we had something, were holding onto a ...
Published: Dec 28, 2020
We lived in the oldest house on Oak Street. It was smaller than all the other houses, but it was older. I thought that meant we had something, were holding onto a ...
Published: Dec 23, 2020
Growing up I never noticed there was a divide in my family. They were on one side and I was on the another. My grandfather was on a third. My auntie Pauline ...
Published: Dec 22, 2020
"Larce, you're my one call," she said into the phone, which she carefully held away from her face. "What?" She thought he sounded tired, uninterested. "I'm at the police station." "This was ...
Published: Dec 21, 2020
When the factory closed Derrick switched from shift manager to shovel handler. That is to say he went from making sure things got done by a crew of roughly twenty (there had ...
Published: Dec 18, 2020
Peter lay in the street between a bicycle and a parked car, near the front fender. He sat up and leaned against the car; it was a white sedan and his blood ...
Published: Dec 17, 2020
She slipped the fake face over her own, standing in front of the mirror. Slowly the other person eclipsed her own. At first she felt hidden, flattered, bold, like another person. What ...
Published: Dec 16, 2020
Chester liked to play the Queen's Gambit, at least lately. e4 e5 c4 He couldn't do anything with it, as he liked open games better. But he needed to expand his understanding ...
Published: Dec 15, 2020
She didn't have any reason to, but she wondered what had happened to the man she had seen on the train. He had winked at her, between puffs of steamy breath. The ...
Published: Dec 14, 2020
"I was just having a little fun." Larce smiled. "How's that?" "Did anyone get hurt?" "It's a serious offense to tamper with the lottery." "I was not talking about the lottery. I ...
Published: Dec 11, 2020
"If some of the votes do not count this time, how can they all count every future election," my father said to my mother. "The doors they are trying to open cannot ...