Latchkey Girl – By Jonathan Ferrini
“Teacher, Anna is pretending to sleep again!”
“Anna, pay attention to my lecture!
“You dare ignore me!
“I’m marching you down to the principal right now.
“Read your...
Unborn and Nameless – By Joselo G. Ramos
Translated from the Spanish by Tyler Gebauer
"The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he does not understand us,...
The Human Zoo – By Hridi
It is no use saying no, she means to go. Even at eight, Mehrunissa shows a stubbornness Noor can recognise. The same mad determination...
Lacrimal Desert – By Brett Herrmann
He was dreaming about baseball when a line drive slammed into his jaw. Noah’s eyelids shot open, and his pupils adjusted to the harsh...
Misbehavior – By George Angel
One set of tracks curl out in one direction, the other set in another. Not a "v" exactly, more like the curling leaves at...
Sentimental Men – By Dennis Vannatta
On the night of the long hard day when their son, Jason, abandoned by his wife, returned home with his two sons, Peggy Gorey...
The Bag – By Hemendra Killawala
She was a working woman and a homemaker. After a long day at work, she was driving back home and thinking about the calls...
Audio Spotlight – By R.J. Fox
“Just think…if this goes well…we’ll die like this,” he said, as they lay entangled in the afterglow of amazing sex.
She laughed, knowing exactly what...
Redusperilitis – By Kim Farleigh
The red star on a grinning policeman’s hat matched his star-studded, red epaulettes. A passing truck’s noise helped me “ignore” that cop’s whistling attempt...
Hsi-wei and the Fall of the Sui – By Robert Wexelblatt
The two weeks the Tang minister Fang Xuan-ling stole from his work in the capital to visit the poet/peasant Chen Hsi-wei in Chiangling were...
