ICE • by Dave Alcock
“So have you met anyone yet?” For a moment Pete looked uneasy. “No,” he said. “But I don’t really want to. I’m happy as I am. Emma and I still go on holiday together. I still get to see the… Continue Reading
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THE POOR GIRL • by Edd Rose
I used to see the Poor Girl on the way to school. She had curly blonde hair, liked to skip, and didn’t have a coat. I think that’s how I found out she was poor; I asked my mother why… Continue Reading
MAYBE IN A TORNADO • by Mary Lucille Hays
Ruth always wore just her robe out to the chicken coop no matter how cold it was. She would only be out for a minute, but this bitter morning the wind chilled her metal scoop even before she got to… Continue Reading
IN SHORT SUPPLY • by Michael P. Boettcher Jr.
John Templeton was enjoying the smell of his brewing coffee. That aroma, as well as that of baking cookies reminded him of his grandmother’s house. He had spent portions of his childhood living with his grandmother. She would finish half… Continue Reading
IN AN AUTUMNAL GROVE • by Philipp Léon Mattes
On one of the highest branches of a birch, a leaf was ready for its final journey. Days ago, it had already empurpled itself completely. In its stunning bright colour, it glowed in the crimson sunrays of evening. The leaf… Continue Reading
DECEMBER AT NINETEEN • by Daryn Orr
We’re nineteen and you can’t sing your favorite song right. He says “she” and, for some reason, you keep singing “me” and laughing about it afterwards. We’re nineteen and you’re laughing out the window of my Jeep at your own… Continue Reading
POTEMKIN GIRL • by Isabella David McCaffrey
She tells him she’s going to learn Arabic today. She reclines on the couch like an odalisque in sweats, the slim red book clasped artfully in her white hands, her black, silky curls tumbling around her bare shoulders where she’s… Continue Reading