by Leif Nikunen
For years and years after, Marja-Loviisa Makinen would remember him as the man she might have married, with dark eyes, wet like wine, and ways sweet and dangerous […]
Father Abraham
by Matt Alberhasky
The air is so humid that breathing becomes a conscious activity. Breathing in and out. It’s strange how our bodies need oxygen to exist. To keep functioning. With […]
Possibly Japanese
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 […]
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 […]
