by Gabriel Ricard
Witness #1: Robert (co-worker)
“It’s always the one you least suspect.”
That’s what my mother used to say. Up until today, I dismissed this advice as the clichéd ranting of […]
Possibly Japanese
Mules for Manhood
by Hardy Jones
“Those mules’ll pull a plow as long as a man’ll walk behind ‘em. I know, my daddy’s had me behind ‘em for plenty of acres, and my daddy […]
New Shoes For Trumpy
by Neil Grimmett
The first time I saw him was in our changing room. We were coming in on mornings - early mornings. The nightshift were already dressed in their civvies […]
A Man Dying
by Sean Ruane
It was very warm outside.
There was a man in a smart ‘Johnny Carson’ suit choking to death.
He made not the universal sign of choking, that classic grabbing of […]
Starbucks
by Brendan O’Brien
Snowflakes swarm like inebriated gnats as I turn up Vleet Street and trudge north. People on this block have refused to remove the accumulating precipitation and with […]
Abuelo Balam’s Last Ride
by Dennis Vickers
Abuelo Balam squats in the front corner of the truck as it bounces over ruts etched into the brown dirt. He grips the rail and leans forward […]
Like Sheep Eggs
by Charlie Geer
Because my presentation concerned the challenges of teaching a second language, what happened shortly before it, at lunch, was only fitting. My host, a professor of linguistics at […]
Where You Rest Your Head
by P.J. Martin
A study table with a laptop just below the window, the vertical blinds are missing teeth, and dusty. The table is older than you, in its drawers are […]
Dancing
by Matt Baker
The Columbine shooting had just happened and I was day nine into the final night together with this girl I was in love with, residing in a Red […]
Counting Crows
by Kat Rosa
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for girls
Four for boys
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret
Never to be told
“What does it mean?”
“What? The beginning? Oh, I don’t know. […]
