Published: Dec 29, 2020
Cheap Suit
featuring: Angela Moriss
Ryan was like a cheap suit: he looked good for the first five minutes, but as he moved about in his chair and drank with a sneer and spoke and spoke and ...
Stories
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 23, 2020
My Family Growing Up
featuring: Quin Harris
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
One Call
featuring: Joanie Timpten
"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
Townhouses
featuring: Derrick Rodsen
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
Run Down
featuring: Peter Kleun
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
Behind Another Face
featuring: Monica Charles
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
Chess Master
featuring: Chester Zibbal
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
Man on the Train
featuring: Amanda Lambrock
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
Interrogated
featuring: Larce Nutzen
"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 ...