by Kenneth M. Kapp | Mar 2, 2025 | Fiction
Cal and Bal were sitting on the ground, backs pressed together, their legs extended straight out. Their shoulders were sore, as if they were cinched together with a broad belt, the type used to constrain agitated patients. They woke up together, turning their...
by Mike Lee | Mar 1, 2025 | Fiction
There wasn’t much movement in the snow without boots, so I wore the battered, stained pair I kept beside the bed. Sliding them on and double lacing, I recalled I bought them the winter before I filed for divorce. It had been seven years since, so it was time for a new...
by Riley Winchester | Mar 1, 2025 | Non-Fiction
Shortly after I learned about God, I turned him into Cheerios and blasted him to death with piss. I must have been four or five. There was a box of Cheerios in the bathroom, and my parents had trained me to toss a handful of Cheerios into the toilet and practice my...
by Luanne Castle | Mar 1, 2025 | Fiction
Down the sumac path, I chase you, then step on your heel, not understanding my speed. It’s too much of this body. Your tennie slides off. You grab my arm, irritated. Stand still! I will myself to be dependable. You waver like you’re going over. I reach for your other...
by Ben Shahon | Mar 1, 2025 | Fiction
It’s been an hour since you went in for surgery that could save your life, and they’re telling me it’s too early to worry. It’s been two hours since your went in for surgery that could save you, and the soft music they’re pumping in is really starting to get on my...
