Fiction: Sunblock by Tom Lakin
She can’t do it; she understands that clear as day. She only just met the man—what, an hour ago?—and she’s not sure he even knows her name.
Tag Archives: Fiction
Fiction: Dream Mother by Andrew Bertaina
She was dead, yes, but they didn’t talk about it.
Fiction: The Western Route by A. A. Weiss
Everything is wrong, thought William. This is how people die.
Fiction: Whole New Worlds by Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Lines shift. Lines change. Boundaries are redrawn. Whole new worlds, created out of bits of the past, from what is passed forward, accepted again, taken and renewed. This, too, is an act of faith, the going forward, the continuing on.
ORIGINS: “Shrine” by Steve Passey
The art of telling a story is often found in making connections between disparate things.
Fiction: Shrine by Steve Passey
In three great piles on the barn’s floor were pyramids of skulls with the antlers still attached.
Flash Fiction: The Bounce Test by Kathryn Kulpa
Cranberries that weren’t lively enough, that didn’t bounce, got thrown away. You saved that information for future use.
Origins: “The Dead Man” by Cara Long Corra
I am one of those people who thinks about finding dead bodies.
Fiction: The Same Kit by Kim Magowan
He imagined Charlotte, holding her phone, looking at the same flickering three dots. Like the oyster crackers in the restaurant, stepping stones to somewhere.
Fiction: Yazoo Clay by Schuyler Dickson
The city came in their big white trucks. They planted two orange cones around the hole, one for coming and one for going. Then, they left.
