Published: Oct 13, 2020
Try Less
featuring: Eric Vernan
"You try too hard," she said. "Is that a thing?" Eric asked. "You're 120% and everyone else is seventy or maybe eighty percent on a good day." He sat there, eyes on ...
Stories
Published: Oct 12, 2020
Patricia
featuring: Eric Vernan
The car sputtered on the road, calling out to be sold for scrap. Eric loved his car: a 1992 Toyota Corolla, dark tan inside and out. It was the first and only ...
Published: Oct 09, 2020
Elephant in the Room
featuring: Michael Talerio
Snippets hung around in his mind. He wasn't practicing everyday like he should; instead struggling to keep the pace. Flurries of production kept him just ahead of the scheduled demands. In a ...
Published: Oct 08, 2020
He's a Screamer
featuring: Daniel Wilmar
He screamed today. At the top of his lungs. I mean it; he screamed today. One of those fits that you cannot predict or stop once it's begun. You've got to let ...
Published: Oct 07, 2020
What Happens Next?
featuring: Yerl Gleason
"What happens if we move that?" Yerl asked. Dominic stared at Yerl, jaw slightly askew. "I mean the profile." "Yeah." Dominic sucked on his teeth, thinking. He scratched his beard and rubbed ...
Published: Oct 06, 2020
Two Weeks
featuring: Yerl Gleason
"You can obviously fix all the things during your cool down week." "Week?" "Yeah, cool down week." "We were told two weeks," Yerl said over Zoom. "It's a week now," Nicole said, ...
Published: Oct 05, 2020
Photo Time
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
Melony snapped the photo. "There," she said holding up her phone for Cara to see. "I don't like it." "Again?" Melony looked at it again and grimaced. "I think it's fine. I ...
Published: Oct 02, 2020
Seasons Change
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
The train thundered overhead, carrying people home from long days at work. A spark blazed briefly like an arc of lightning casting shadows at odd angles. Cara covered her ears until the volume ...
Published: Oct 01, 2020
Playing Tapper
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
The game finished with another spilled mug of root beer. She picked up her can of beer and downed a long gulp. Cara wiped her brow and tucked a bit of hair ...
Published: Sep 30, 2020
A Night at the Arcade
featuring: Michael Talerio
"Hey Cara," he said. She was perched on a bar stool in front of a custom video game cabinet, swaying as she worked the controls. "Hey, aren't you Cara?" She was focused ...