TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE • by Rebecca T Powell
I wanted to shove them into the tracks. I’d lost count of how long it’d been, but I was too conscious of the touches on my body; the scrape of an arm here, the brush of a leg there and… Continue Reading
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STALE ENGLISH MUFFINS • by Michael Degnan
Jessica Bernard heard the story of John Reynolds on an old podcast while taking the metro home from work. Her job, she admitted to herself, had become tedious. She sent mass emails to raise alarm about the state of the… Continue Reading
HOW HE LIKES ME TO DRESS • by Sarah Salway
It’s backless, green, thick thick satin. It’s how I’ve always wanted you to look, he told me in the shop. And I knew it was true. The dress is that bright emerald green film stars wear to contrast with red… Continue Reading
BANG! • by Gerald Warfield
The brass cannon squatted on the balcony above my front porch. The previous day my nephews had dragged it in from the garden and lugged it up the inside stairwell with only minor damage to the door facings. At that… Continue Reading
MUDDY PROMISE • by Rasmenia Massoud
Anna let herself go limp as Katy lifted her into the back of the shopping cart they had just stolen from the grocery store parking lot down the block. “At least all of the weight loss makes it easier to… Continue Reading