Strutters' Ball by Barry Basden Cleaning out my father's things I found an old black and white photo, one I'd never seen before. Hidden away all these years. The photo was taken in some kind…

Photo by JOHN TOWNER Nobody Shall Sleep By T. Dem I’m lying down on the bed. Naked. Carefree. One hand thrown carelessly behind my head propping me up. The other playing with my belly button…

A Quick Twist by Patrick Hanford I'm sitting in a bar, sipping a beer, wondering if she's going with me tonight. The door bangs open, a man with a gun. “You bitch,” he yells. The…

Crazy by T. E. Cowell She said, “This is crazy.” She looked at me. “Isn’t this crazy?” I shrugged. I thought that, sure, maybe it was a little crazy. But I thought it was exciting,…

Nurtured by robert c. radziejewski             I was assembled anonymously according to traditions. I fail to realize my identity. My memory is cyclically deleted. I’m a symbiotic specialized adaption for systematic kinetic force. I have…

The Prisoner by Emily Atkinson-Dalton I cradled her beautiful face in my hands. Her big blue eyes looked up at me and her smile shined radiantlywith the glowing light bouncing off her white teeth. We…

Snapchat by Sean Butler It was dusk and Cuervo paced around the apartment, the sound of his nails clicking across the floor marking time with the ticking of the clock on the mantelpiece. The dog…

Black Black by Scott McClelland Last thing I remember was her arm being out the window. We was racing down the 101, outside Ventura, sun disappearing over her shoulder. She handed me the bottle, and…