I came to know them all. I knew them well enough to hate them. Except the artist. I grew to love the artist.… more
Tag Archives: Fiction
Rafters
FICTION by Patrick ChambersThe old timers stare stony faced from behind our bench, and I think they are frozen in place for a moment, amidst a sea of people threatening to crash down onto the court and drown us all.… more
Dolls for the End of the World
FICTION by Bradley SidesThe warmth came and left, and, no sooner, it left and came. There was no way to guess what the world would become. At least it remained. Charred oak trees surrounded by misplaced puddles. Rivers as black as burnt cherries. Sputtering flames along the receding riverbanks. Days shorter and, still, longer. Patrick stood on the… more
Comets
FICTION by Joseph Allen CostaDel, a struggling cabinetmaker, lucks into seven garbage bags of wild growing pot and sees it as a way to start his own shop.… more
Friends In Low Places
FICTION by J. BradleyThe principal made Mike an ex-middle school English teacher earlier in the afternoon.… 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
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
The Fairchild
FICTION by Heather E. GoodmanThe guys have always given me shit for being good with the ladies, nicknaming me Old Yeller because I’m a stray, which is the only thing they think I could have on them. They say I milk the orphan thing, get the honeys to feel sorry for me.
or
“Carnage, anyone?” asked Dina as she approached with the Fairchild’s remnants.
or your choice… more
Blood and Marinara Sauce
FICTION by Mark Galarrita“Hey Sergeant Baker, you wanna hear a funny story?”… more
