When I was learning the multiplication tables one day, Ms. Brower came in to tell me they were sending my mother upstate. I thought that meant into the air, someplace in the clouds. As if what must happen to those in such mental trouble cannot be rendered here on the ground. Their state must be taken up.… more
Tag Archives: Parents
A House of Noise
FLASH FICTION by Coleman BigelowThere were only two things louder in our house than my father’s laugh. One was the slam of the bedroom door whenever mom barricaded herself inside and the other was the sound of our rusting station wagon backfiring as it pulled out of the drive.… more
Pairing
FICTION FLASH FICTION by Brandon ForinashThe tech guy says, “Everything’s updated, looks like your processor speed is good, you’ve just got a ton of stuff taking up space that doesn’t need to be there.” I ask him what he means, and he shows me that what’s taking space is decades of memories all the way back to when I was in college. I tell him I don’t want to lose them, and he kind of laughs and tells me, dude, that’s why we have the cloud.”… more
Una Vida
FICTION by McKenzie Hightower“He called her Lucy, after my Ma, on account of her eyes being big, round, and dying… more
Pastoral
FICTION by Shane Ryan Bailey“His mother wept over her pork chops, made especially for him, and his father stormed out of the house, got in his truck, and drove down to the river where he sat for several hours… more
