Fiction

Mother’s Milk by Ross Nervig

When the sound of a stable boy being whipped reached the royal wet nurse through the nursery window, a thought…

4 years ago

A Rising Tide by Brett Biebel

One year, the Platte got so high whole neighborhoods had to be evacuated.  People lit out for higher ground or…

4 years ago

Pest Control by Patience Mackarness

Always she sought a balance between strength, speed, and aesthetic appeal. She fine-tuned with a scientist’s single mindedness, an artist’s…

4 years ago

The Old Man and the Deer by Ed Nichols

The old man’s dream had been the same for several days.  He saw a great buck standing beside Atohi’s grave,…

4 years ago

Soliloquy of New Job by Tai (Taisa) Chirovsky

Office work gives you a lot of time to think.  The desk in front of me says “nothing tastes as…

4 years ago

Approaching Hysteria, Illinois by Max Talley

This is the city in which time converges, an unstable zone where back then is now again as it will…

4 years ago

Inside News by Marco Etheridge

Paulette Jones, nee Williams, sat on an empty bench facing the Willamette River together with a coffee fast going cold,…

4 years ago

A Hearty Journey by Tracy Rose Stamper

Tracy Rose Stamper dances with words. Her middle name is the most significant word that she has written lately during…

4 years ago

Misdemeanor by Christopher Muscato

This Ten Word Story was typed on a manual Triumph DeJUR typewriter, c. 1957. Let’s call her Trudy. Humble and…

4 years ago

If You Had Only Twenty-Four Hours to Live by Jeremy Shaban

Jeremy Shaban has had a short story published in The Mochila Review. This Ten Word Story was typed on a…

4 years ago

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