Stories
Published: Dec 07, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Published: Nov 27, 2020
featuring: Kean Rippel
"How can you not know Alice's Restaurant ," Kean said, a statement not a question. His voice was on the verge of squeaking. She sat motionless, unsure which words would make him ...
Published: Nov 26, 2020
featuring: Holisten Eames
He'd become a sort of unnamed legend over time. The Internet and TV news talked about him every time he dropped a disrupted art work in a very public place. Little by ...
Published: Nov 25, 2020
featuring: Holisten Eames
The first time he had stolen a piece of art it was from his friend's mother. It was a piece of fertility art from Africa. He was eleven and just discovering bodies: ...
Published: Nov 24, 2020
featuring: Holisten Eames
When the lights went out, I knew what was coming. A hum began in the basement and the lights turned back on but seemed dimmer. I knew this to be false, but ...