Tag Archives: Violence

Beached

{Sep 17, 2012}

“…these were rare creatures, ancient and endangered, and to him the lunker at his feet was either dead or dying in the sun, as hopeless as a roast in an oven.… more

She’s Got Everything

FICTION by Josh Peterson

{Jul 30, 2012}

“There was a bunch of guys sitting around and getting drunk. It was like a party. Two of these guys get to roughhousing in the yard. One of the men falls and hits his head on a cinder block… more

BULLshot: Jeff Kass

GENRE NON-BINARY by Tim Chilcote

{Jul 18, 2012}

The author of “Don’t Mess”—and an English teacher in the trenches—gives us a first-hand look at the current state of high school violence.… more

“Here’s how to think of the double arm-bar: imagine you’re lying face-down in the street and some roid-ripped police officer’s got his knee jammed between your shoulder-blades. Then he takes his nightstick and… more

The Heart is a Strong Instrument

FICTION by Jon Morgan Davies

{Jun 25, 2012}

“I was a successful man. I kept my life at a steady one hundred. The blood poured out of me onto the kitchen floor, and I fell to sixty-eight… more

Lodgers

FICTION by Ethel Rohan

{May 6, 2012}

His father remained at the table, worrying the carrot from between his teeth with his dirty fork. His mother curled a solider of bread and sopped up the last of the lamb’s blood from her plate… more

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