Tag Archives: Relationships

Bittermoon

Fiction by Joel Wayne

{Jan 28, 2019}

Drunk and jealous in an exotic locale, he wonders: “What’s the opposite of a honeymoon?”… more

Parallel Lives

Fiction by Joseph Rathgeber

{Sep 3, 2018}

Sometimes he thinks he’s living parallel lives. He was reading about some kid, I’m sure, no younger than himself, who had died in a cave—what do they call it—spelunking? One local news channel reported that. Another said he and his friends were only exploring it. They just went in and never came out. Not until… more

Crusher

Fiction by John Oliver Hodges

{Aug 7, 2017}

Balloons lined the curb beside the dumpster there, a festive splash of color to coronate the grand opening of the new supermarket down the block. I found it cute, so cute that I was like the guy who missed the UFO over the splendor of an aurora borealis. When sunsets do fun things in Jersey,… more

Satan Stole Her Soul in Vain

Essay by Zak Block

{May 4, 2017}

“But before we ‘made love’ (or whatever you like) we went to the laundromat, and before that, we were in a bar…”… more

Hyperbolic Doubt and Wherever After To Discover The Truth Behind That Some Timely and Malignant Demon Bad Luck

Fiction by Bretton B. Holmes

{Nov 4, 2016}

One man recounts the events surrounding his friend’s doomed relationship.… more

A Photo for Your Wallet

Essay by Robert L Patrick

{Dec 10, 2015}

I had dreams that a boyfriend would mean an 8 x10 photograph framed and on the mantle, whether there was an actual mantle, it did not matter.… more

I Was a Stranger

Salad Days Revisited by Andrew Bomback

{Jun 11, 2015}

“I am almost twenty years out from that night when someone told me, in progressively hushed whispers, that he was watching me, and I wonder if I should have given myself so much distance before trying to chronicle those events… more

Home Furnishing

Fiction by Christopher Sicilliano

{Dec 22, 2014}

“She says that at night she can hear them scratching, the cockroaches; she is certain they wait like voyeurs for the lights to go out… more

Charlie’s

Fiction by Jamey Gallagher

{Jul 7, 2014}

“I’ve stood on top of mountains and I’ve been inside of Charlie’s at two p.m. with the rest of the dregs. That girl crossing the street, the bleach blonde who’s seen better days? She’s taken a piece right out of me… more

Inside Target

Fiction by Michael Christian

{Apr 1, 2013}

“When I found you, two security guards had you cornered back near the changing rooms. They were young and skinny and their light, grassy mustaches glistened like they’d been licking them… more

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