Published: Dec 11, 2020
Imaginary Doors
featuring: Derrick Rodsen
"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 ...
Stories
Published: Dec 10, 2020
In the Station
featuring: Larce Nutzen
"I was in the bar the first time I saw her. Admittedly, I was a couple beers past a pint so I can't be entirely confident in my memories," Larce said. "When ...
Published: Dec 09, 2020
Strange Draw
featuring: Joanie Timpten
The moron Joanie was seducing to carry out her plan left in the testing numbers. He was supposed to be an expert programmer, with years and years of experience. And this kind ...
Published: Dec 08, 2020
Cold in the Park
featuring: Yerl Gleason
The winter sun was deceiving: bright but there was little heat. Yerl wore sunglasses that felt like not enough and watched the steam from each exhale. The park was quiet, only a ...
Published: Dec 07, 2020
Numbers
featuring: Yerl Gleason
He looked through the people in the virtual meeting out of boredom. There were faces with interest and faces with distraction, mostly appearing engaged in other things on another screen. There were ...
Published: Dec 04, 2020
Tipping the Lottery
featuring: Joanie Timpten
Joanie had never attempted such a grand event, and her skin tingled as she thought about it. The pick lottery numbers were being announced while she watched television. The idea gave her ...
Published: Dec 03, 2020
Retirement
featuring: Jerry O'Myer
Jerry worked as a production manager at the John Deere plant before he retired a couple of years ago. He took an early-retirement package as the company did some restructuring because he ...
Published: Dec 02, 2020
Reflective Jacket
featuring: Jerry O'Myer
Jerry took long walks on the county roads around his house. He wore a reflective jacket, much like something a highway construction worker might wear. The jacket was not something he would ...
Published: Dec 01, 2020
Wet Mailboxes
featuring: Jerry O'Myer
Jerry was the kind of man who fixed things, things he didn't know how to fix, things that did not yet need fixing; if it was broken or perhaps about to be ...
Published: Nov 30, 2020
Spare Time
featuring: Amanda Lambrock
They went to the new neighborhood for the first time on a chilly, sunny Saturday morning. The houses were golden while the leafless trees watched frost melt inch by inch. It was ...