Appeal – flash fiction by Dan DeMarco
Avoid asking questions that begin with why. These questions sound like, Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die like this?… Read More »Appeal – flash fiction by Dan DeMarco
2017
Rich Houses – memoir by Samantha Krause
I don’t remember how it started. It would be a summer night, or weekend winter morning, or Sunday afternoon anytime of year. The house would… Read More »Rich Houses – memoir by Samantha Krause
An Instance of Emotion – flash fiction by Bianca Radulescu-Banu
You’re dying. Of a sickness, to be exact. It doesn’t matter which; all that matters is that soon, your life will cease to exist. No… Read More »An Instance of Emotion – flash fiction by Bianca Radulescu-Banu
River Bottom – flash fiction by Misty Urban
She sat on the deep wooden porch in the chair her grandfather had made, and she rocked. The evening clouds, dark in their underbellies, clumped… Read More »River Bottom – flash fiction by Misty Urban
Eating Octopus – Essay by Judith Gille
1. My brother-in-law Andy and I decide to take his mother (my mother-in-law) out for a “Last Supper.” We are calling it that because she… Read More »Eating Octopus – Essay by Judith Gille
Above Lyman’s Riffle
Memoir by James Ross Kelly The old man’s house was falling down ten years after his death; twenty-years after, the whole south face of Lyman… Read More »Above Lyman’s Riffle
Conspirators – Fiction by Judith Serin
When Clive broke up with Clara, who worries if she is intelligent, he told her that their relationship was only sexual. When he left… Read More »Conspirators – Fiction by Judith Serin
Bloodwork at 341
Flash Fiction by Ric Hoeben
Here, it reeked something sulphurous of an election day, and none of the big political names meant anything of significance to me. All I craved… Read More »Bloodwork at 341
Flash Fiction by Ric Hoeben
Over the River and Stabbed to Death – Essay by Randy Osborne
My childhood home is for sale – bank property, cheap – because of the murder in the backyard. I might buy it. Not murder by… Read More »Over the River and Stabbed to Death – Essay by Randy Osborne
Everything I Know About My Great Grandfather – Memoir by Walburga Appleseed
My great-grandfather had a Bavarian accent, a German passport, and an eye made of glass as a souvenir from fighting in the First World War.… Read More »Everything I Know About My Great Grandfather – Memoir by Walburga Appleseed