Smarter™ / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
“M-hm.” Patrick rolled his eyes, placed the phone against his right shoulder, freeing his hands to slice the remaining lime. His sister,...
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May 212 min
Leaf Blower / Wilson Koewing
It was late December and we were living in the house on Fenner Avenue. A cold spell had broken, and the sun peeked quietly through the...
May 1915 min
Speck, WV / Timothy Dodd
Speck, WV For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully...
Apr 284 min
Watch It Burn / Kaleigh Walter
The hunting cabin was just over the border. Sparrow crossed at International Falls, where the familiar stench of rot from the community’s...
Apr 231 min
Downdraft
Another hard frost. I let the fire go out last evening, and the woodstove cooled overnight. This morning, laying kindling in the firebox,...
Apr 36 min
James Dean’s Other Canyon Carver / JD Clapp
Sammy looked at her, then shifted his gaze to Jane. Two sexy beasts—A Porsche 356, and a fledgling pin-up girl. God, I’m a lucky man. He...
Mar 286 min
Heathens of Whitefish / Frank Reardon
I walked fifteen miles. I kept walking and I don't know why. I only stopped for the occasional breather. Everything and everyone looked...
Mar 138 min
A Man Called Squirrel / JD Clapp
The man they called Squirrel crawled from the leaky tent he’d pitched under the tree he planned to build a new house in. He side-stepped...
Mar 111 min
Birthday Wishes / Katy Goforth
It is my birthday which means the telephone won’t ring—the telephone that my mom knows how to use to call her church friends she serves...
Mar 103 min
Tinderbox Blood / Corey Villas
The boy finally had enough. For the last couple of weeks, his old basset hound, Elvis, had been attacked by something, cut up and...
Mar 44 min
Gran’s Cookbook - Goodbye Muffins / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
The spring breeze plays with Moira’s soft, blonde hair—whiffs of baby shampoo comforting Rebecca as she watches her mother step inside...
Feb 2517 min
Her Little Place of Dying / Sheldon Lee Compton
It was White Knife’s time. Fights with Clouds, her youngest grandson, made the decision. It was always one of the younger ones left with...
Feb 143 min
Crossing the Street / Wilson Koewing
I took my hound, Odie, for a walk down in San Anselmo. It was a perfect Spring day. Flowers and trees bloomed everywhere. We liked to do...
Feb 91 min
Last Fall / JD Clapp
/ JD CLAPP writes in San Diego, CA. His work has appeared in The Milk House, Rural Fiction Magazine, Wrong Turn Literary, Revolution...
Feb 64 min
Gran’s Cookbook - Sour Dough / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
Rebecca removed the frayed beige cloth covering the jar and, ignoring the urge to pull at a loose thread, lifted it to her nose. “It...
Jan 284 min
Milestones / Kaleigh Walter
The motorcycle is ugly. The tailpipe is crusted in iron and the headlight looks like a cloudy Minnesota morning. The leather seat is so...
Jan 2710 min
The Fog / JD Clapp
The battered F-150 pulled onto the beach at 3:00 a.m. The air, heavy with fog, smelled of rotting kelp, salt air, and wet sand. It was a...
Jan 83 min
Ghost Disco / C.G. Dominguez
After the fact, I think it’s normal to catalog the things I didn’t have time to say to you. This kind of thinking forms a common...
Dec 31, 20234 min
Gran’s Cookbook - An Accidental Crumble / Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos
Rebecca had a craving; irresistible, undeniable, urgent. She yanked open all the kitchen drawers until she located Gran’s old cookbook....
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