by J.A. Tyler
Begins: Writing equals love & passion. Middling: Writing tends towards disruption & discord. Story ends: Writing equals torture. In between: famine abuse violence death & the like. I [...]
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The Noah’s Ark Portal
by James Keegan
Thirteen-year old Anna, an only child, wished she had a baby sister, some plaything, someone to keep her company, someone to hold her hand. The afternoon is [...]
Hog Ripping
by D. Harlan Wilson
“I can rip just about anything in half.” I started with a sheet of vellum followed quickly by a slice of cheese. Neither feat garnered [...]
Flushed
by Brandi Wells
There were probably fifteen of us crammed in the cell. No benches or beds, just a ledge jutting four or five inches out of the wall. We were [...]
The Great Pumpkin Caper
by Ann Tinkham
Last year, the finalists were Flat Bottom Flo, Wo Nelly, Duchess, Gorgeous Gourdy, Flat Jack, Brutis, and Agatha. In the end, Flat Bottom Flo took the prize. [...]
Last Lesson
by Sybil Wilen
Weighted by the coins that dangle from your hip sash, you chew up the floor. Hip thrust, figure eight – your abdomen curls in then out while your [...]
The Love I Bear is as Big as a Boat, As Fine as a Fern and as White as a Goat
by Rebecca Katherine Hirsch
It was a stormy night, a lusty night. Alright, fine, it was the afternoon. But the wind that blew athwart my loins had the murky ink-blob luster [...]
If a Camera Followed My Movements
by Ed McWhinney
If a camera followed my movements as I went about my business, in the den reading, smoke curling over my shoulder, or simply staring through the streaks of [...]
From Born Again To Muslim in Under Twenty Years
by Jeff Gibbs
Around my neck dangle verses from the Quran–for half the world’s population, the very words God Himself used to speak to the Prophet Mohammed. A friend I love [...]
Like Christmas Eve When It Starts To Get Dark
by Jonathan Sanchez
It felt good leaving the house that morning. Summer had finally broken. The heavy, humid haze had finally packed up and left, like a besieging army saying To [...]
