Slowing to Park by Chris Martin In her car, on the way to the court house she said, ?Maybe I could call Sally. It would be nice to have Sally with me. She wouldn?t tell anyone.? He didn?t look at her. He kept his hands on the steering wheel and looked for a parking place. […]
Failure is Challengeable by Jerry Olasakinju
Failure is Challengeable ?by Jerry Olasakinju A year after his graduation from the University of Lagos in Nigeria, Desmond Adele knew exactly what he was going to do. Unlike his contemporaries who spent much of their limited resources going from one office to another doing interviews with banks, oil and telecommunications companies, looking for cushy […]
Mummy Says by Lee Ann Petropoulos
Mummy Says by Lee Ann Petropoulos? The curtains shivered gently in the breeze.? Sally sat on the stool, staring out the second floor window, as she had done every day since her mother died.? Not a word, not a caress, not a look had she given a single human since that day.? Trays of […]
Surgeries by Amanda Leduc
Surgeries by Amanda Leduc Help!? I am trapped inside a fortune cookie! We laughed, because we thought it was funny.? Help.? I?m trapped inside a cookie.? How amusing.? How droll.? You tucked the fortune in your pocket (the back pocket, with the butterfly, the jeans that I loved) and left the cookie.? You were on […]
Found & Lost by Jarret Liotta
Found & Lost ?by Jarret Liotta The big man stood in my doorway effortlessly holding Buddy?poor Buddy, slumped and lifeless, patched with blood. ?Oh ? no,? I whispered. ?I?m very sorry,? he said. ?You must be very sad.? His voice was low. His soft blue eyes sought to feel my pain, searched my reaction […]
What Was Born by Michelle Soucy
What Was Born by Michelle Soucy She couldn?t decide what she hated the most about her husband.? He lay next to her, breathing.? She hated his breath. Too loud, forced.? Who breathed like that?? Was he doing it on purpose?? She shifted her leg to take some pressure off of her aching lower back, […]
Holy Water by Keith Hoerner
Holy Water ?by Keith Hoerner I stand at the kitchen sink washing the one thing I took from home after you died: The Madonna and Child statue I meditated on kneeling before you ? being beaten, traumatized, loving you, year after year. I wash it gently, remembering the time you unknowingly soaked a statue of […]
Too Late for Lunch by Benjamin Eggleton
? Too Late for Lunch by Benjamin Eggleton I threw a weekend lunch party and invited the people we should have been. He was older than me, a little more hair on top, and he had already finished his masters. She was just as stunning as you are, and I don?t remember her not smiling. […]
The Lesson by Lynn Wynen-Chamberlain
She was standing there, her head thrown back in abandonment, her eyes at half mast enjoying the moment.
The Girl Who Had Everything Places an Ad By Deborah Nedelman
? The Girl Who Had Everything Places an Ad By Deborah Nedelman Chauncey School for Girls Alumnae listserve For Sale: couture wedding gown size 4 Light ivory silk with a high neck ruffled collar with hand appliquéd beadwork. 42 covered buttons down the back, lace embellishments. Hemline carries a 5”flounce and short train. Original cost: […]
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