Childhood Stories: a Memoir of Soviet Russia
by Irina Howell i. When I turned eight I joined the “Oktyabronok” league in my elementary school. It is an honor to be a part… Read More »Childhood Stories: a Memoir of Soviet Russia
Eternity Along the Strand
an Account of Bloomsday 2013, Dublin a short memoir by Becky Boncal I went to Dublin as a writer, a tourist, a teacher with twenty-four… Read More »Eternity Along the Strand
The Barbershop Quartet
a short memoir by Eileen Shields The barbershop quartet had been my idea. My mother-in-law lives in an elder care home located on a quiet,… Read More »The Barbershop Quartet
Exhibit A – a short story by Jennifer Marquardt
The Americans will beat him up later. Now the Swede is still a sloppy kind of charming. After a certain number of drinks, he usually… Read More »Exhibit A – a short story by Jennifer Marquardt
Indian Classroom
a short story by Darlene P. Campos I avoided going to Flandreau Indian Boarding School for a long time because I was great at faking… Read More »Indian Classroom
The Crush
flash fiction by A.W. Marshall “Feel it?” He had his fingers arranged in a circle, pressing against my chest like a little cage. “Not yet.”… Read More »The Crush
Commuter
by Edward Wells & Nicolas Diaz novella excerpt [1] Stuff you can do in the commuter bus: fall asleep in your seat; pretend to fall… Read More »Commuter
Chibas Speaks
by Steve Almond
August, 1951. In Havana, in a studio the width of his arms, Chibas speaks. His voice swells with heroism. Clustered around wooden radios the shape… Read More »Chibas Speaks
by Steve Almond
The Truth About Alaska
by Mickey Laurence Cohen The ice field trapped us. Floes as long and thick as churches crowded the boat, shrieking the paint from the… Read More »The Truth About Alaska
Little Big Death
a short story by Mark Pritchard When the doctors ask me what I remember, I close my eyes and repeat my story: Tired of life… Read More »Little Big Death