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A QUESTION OF RAPE
By Charles Parsons -- Judd Rafferty was one of my early criminal clients. He retained me when he was charged with the rape of a...
Apr 304 min read
Bronco Billy and the Dime Store
By Barbara Krasner -- The “A” was missing again from the five and dime’s marquee. Bill Aronson, looking up, knew he should be annoyed....
Apr 303 min read
Sima at the Store Window, 1967
By Barbara Krasner -- The evening was calm so far, even serene. But she knew what would come. The same thing that came last night as...
Apr 303 min read
The Persistence of Ruins
By Barbara Krasner -- White clapboards and wooden slats nailed across double windows peek through a veil of house-high ferns, maples,...
Apr 302 min read
REFRACTION
By Allison Cross -- The last guests were leaving. Only a few friends left. The counter was cluttered with empty bottles, crushed...
Apr 291 min read
Sunglasses
By Debi McKee [Winner: 1st Place] -- The sun rose on Nixie’s little beach town. It wasn’t the kind from 80s movies, montaged with the...
Apr 2914 min read
TELL ME SOMETHING TRUE
By Allison Cross [Winner: 2nd Place] -- Burnished mahogany with a large brass knob, the door resembles one you would see in a luxury...
Apr 283 min read
The Communion Dress
By P.A. Farrell [Winner: 3rd Place] -- The rain pounded on the roof while the sickening smell of the flowers in his nostrils added to the...
Apr 274 min read
Tending
By Janet Childs -- When I reach deep into those moments when we gift our energy; It fills the light with room ...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Membrane
By Janet Childs -- The delicate membrane of this loving bond can be rent in a moment: an angry word a vicious...
Apr 30, 20241 min read
VIKTOR’S VIOLIN
By Dan Keeble -- The cracked wind-weathered fingers of Viktor’s left hand swung the time-worn violin under his jaw. The bristles on his...
Apr 28, 20247 min read
The Northwest Passage
By Ben Nardolilli -- The open windows and two fans oscillating over Adam’s body were not enough. Adam pulled up his blanket and...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
The Mediation
By James P Hanley -- “Don’t hang up on me, Emily.” “Why are you calling, Roger?” Remember, the judge ruling on our divorce recommended...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Mars Worker
By Freddy Herrera JR -- Paul: Hey guys, I am Paul. The company sent me to help Hector develop the Mars colony. Hal: Hey, I am Hal. I...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
The Deer and the Hunter
By Daisy Sanchez [Winner: Best of Show] -- I knew those woods like the back of my hand, you could ask anyone I knew. I spent so many of...
Apr 28, 202413 min read
TENSION
By Matthew Spence -- There. Somebody had finally said the last word, and thankfully someone besides him. The aftermath of it hung in the...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Stretching the Spine
By C.W. Bryan -- I have a small collection of white rocks. The rocks are relatively round. Some of them are squared off, or jagged. Some...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
STREET RATS
By Andy Nguyen -- My youth was filled with color, I used to run with my friends around the city. We used to tag so many of the walls,...
Apr 28, 20244 min read
Strangers in Love
By Adelle Sepulveda -- Chevon skims through the email she’s sending her supervisor for the nth time. Celeste Barrera is a snob when it...
Apr 28, 20249 min read
The Lost Falcon
By Sarah Das Gupta -- Scene: The Manor of Farleigh 1475 -- Alaric sat up in bed to the raucous sound of the cock crowing. The straw...
Apr 28, 20248 min read
Guard Dog’s Fury
By Corey A.D. -- Bulldagger, staring daggers, at the sludge upon the ground. Her lez has their legs covered in it's slurry. The dirt...
Apr 301 min read
The Kookaburra
By Pleco Philodendron -- I hear her when she’s lurking, an anklet And toe rings, and I smell it in her hair— The ring around the toilet...
Apr 302 min read
Pain in Flesh
By Julia Rose Maseda -- His hands hold me like they are the sharpest of knives, Painful. Enduring the pressure I bear with each breath I...
Apr 301 min read
POETRY
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