The beast grinned in a display case beside the six-shooter that’d killed him, not scaring nobody but a boy who couldn’t go to the pisser without his momma in hand. “He ain’t nothing,” Curly said and gave the case a smooch. The kid’s face crinkled.… more
Author Archives: BULL Author
The Mountain That Eats Men
FICTION by Brennen Fahy“Without the mine we would have no Potosi, nothing to eat. We have a saying ‘we eat the mine, and the mine eats us.'” … more
Peter
FICTION by Rob RoenschI don’t believe what they said happened in that Burger King, in that motel room. Whatever was, there must have been a moment when a word, a breath’s work, would have mattered.… more
The Time Lassie Let One of the Boys Die
FICTION by Brett M. BourdonOne afternoon, the summer before I started junior high, I left my younger brother to die frozen and alone in the English countryside. I’m speaking metaphorically, of course. The nature of this metaphor will become clear to you very soon. Not metaphorically, my younger brother and I rode our bikes to the local Aldi grocery… more
Missing Saint
FICTION by Scott DaughtridgeThe scraping sound of the pencil against the wall is like a whisper, like the wall is reciting the prayer. … more
To Need Me and Not Know
FICTION by Robert VoedischI’m staring at a door. It’s Mike and me, and the two of us are sitting in his crappy little car staring at the door of a crappy little house in Nordeast Minneapolis on the coldest night of the year. We’re staring at this particular door because inside is a guy named Neil Batteau. We… more
Hate the Game
FICTION by Nick Michalak“Here’s what I saw: Stars that burned like I imagine only gods could, presenting themselves in such a way that it was me being presented… more
Seven Drums
FICTION by Sheldon Lee ComptonWhen Buck bent to the ground to better see the stains in the dirt, I saw him favor his right leg. It was surely broken. Likely nothing more than a greenstick fracture, but broken all the same. And now wasn’t the time to have a broken leg.… more
I See Him
FICTION by Stuart M. RossChoice 1: He had the biggest cock she’d ever seen and he had no idea how to use it.
Choice 2: Wait, Brandy’s had an awning? Then why did we get stuck in the rain that night?? … more
