Greta March brought Evan up for one last tryst. Years had passed since they’d seen one another. Now everything was different. It wasn’t quite the end yet, but she was beginning to betray a deeper degree of illness—a general thinning of figure, feature, and voice. She wanted to see the lake house alone this last time.… more
Tag Archives: Religion
Both Nasty and Biblical
Fiction by Jared PovandaIt was what they had both wanted. Pulsing club music. Alan’s hands on the man’s hips. A bright smile with a wicked hook. When they kissed, it had been more like crashing. Collision.… more
Pallbearers
Fiction by Tim Buchanan“By saying yes in spite of the dangers, I felt I made myself vital and trusted. And was this not what a good American was supposed to do when making friends abroad? To open themselves up to new experiences, to say yes as much as possible, even when the proposition was frightening?”… more
Somewhere Without Trees
Fiction by Jordan FennellNo one broke Jesus’ legs, but someone made Him bleed. … more
Night Divine
Fiction by Jon SindellIs there balm in Gilead? A nonbeliever reaches for the divine.… more
Curable by Marriage
Essay by Justin Brouckaert“You can’t start here, you can’t admit this to anyone, for fear they’ll doubt your love is real…” … more
HARVEST
Fiction by Evan GrayBut Myers always wanted to quit the mine that he worked full time for, to fold his workpants up, shove them into the woodstove, beat across Field’s Church Road down to the riverbank, and slowly drown himself, strangling on the water, washing the ash and dust out of his eardrums, and die in a pure way, natural, so he wouldn’t end up dirty like his father, hanging from the main beam, filthy as a day’s work. … more
Holy Thoughts
Fiction by Christina DalcherCatholic, Jewish, Mormon, or Muslim–boys will be boys.… more
The Redneck Sheiks of Bir Tawil
Fiction by Gregory Lee Sullivan“When I began the final stage of my quest to take control of my holy soil, I did so from the opposite side of the world, here in my original, and yet again, homeland… more
Blowout Clearance
Fiction by Charles Michael Fischer“Brian hasn’t always held a Mattress Fair sign on the side of the road… more
