Honey, I’m home…

By Zondra Lynn I believe it’s safe to assume that around about now he’s arriving home from work, finding that the kids have been home for about an hour now, alone. I believe he’s looking at the kids and has asked them, rhetorically, “Where’s your mother?” I can hear him calling my name as he [...]

Head Injury

By Naomi Taylor Did she jump out? Was it an accident? Why won’t he tell me? I ask him, “Where is she? Where is she right now?” He spreads his arms out and says, “Right here, she’s right here.” What does he mean? There’s nothing there, just his dirty shirt and leather jacket. The porch [...]

Click x 6

by Tom Leventhal 1 I wonder sometimes why I am so scared of people. Because of these fears I spend a lot of my time alone. I am most alone when I am out in public, surrounded by seemingly happy people, paired off or in groups, laughing, drinking and having a good time. I am [...]

Lilith

by Ron Metzger She was beautiful, loving and created by the same Earth as Adam. Lilith was Adam’s first wife. When she wouldn’t accept subservience from Adam, she was banished by God from the Garden. It wasn’t easy back then to be born as an adult with no experiences from childhood. God just plops you [...]

Snow Shelter

by Lia Mier The sun came up early, but all around her she felt shadows. Eva awoke as she always did, acutely aware of the cold. After being raised in the long dark Alaska winters the sun-filled mountain crispness should not have bothered her as much as it did, but this cold was the kind [...]

Wilson

By Tom Leventhal Wilson sat on the rocks overlooking the water and watched the cat. It was a scrawny thing, skinny, jittery and full of fleas much like him. Wilson shook the last bit of sleep out of his eyes and waited. Sooner or later the lady would arrive. She always did. Wilson inventoried the [...]

“Millie & Marty”

By Martin Jarmick The fire on the candle burned and Millie gave a large sigh and checked her wristwatch. She tapped her foot on the hardwood floor and crossed her arms, looking restlessly toward the quiet table set for two. Marty was late again. Marty married Millie for her simple beauty and domestic promise, and [...]

Got a Quarter

BY ROB AZEVEDO It was after midnight and rain was falling in sheets on the town of Last Breath. I was leaning against the side of a big green dumpster in back of an old thrift shop, crying into my dirty mitts. I was wearing a pair of old boots and jeans, no shirt. My [...]

Ballgame

By Matthew Dexter The pretzels were soft and the beer was sticky. The pretzels were for me, and the beer was for dad. This was his seventh beer, but he had been drinking in the parking lot since early morning. It was safe to say he was toasted. The salt was the best part of [...]

The Channelers

by David Thomas Sometimes it seems as if there is scant hope for mankind and we humans little more than shaved apes. In our pettiness and ignorance and avarice, we clumsily stumble along, rarely seeing the shimmering beauty all around us, and certainly not in our own eyes as we gaze in the mirror. Religion [...]