Category: Short stories

-Lucretia Stanhope Katie nestled between library shelves, cradling a bakery box like a precious egg from Miss Withering’s upstairs collection. Dim light from the Tiffany lamp cast dancing shadows on the cardboard. The sweet scent of cake mingled with the stale air of old paper and pungent incense. With a red-tipped nail, Katie carefully peeled… Read more

–Sherry Shahan Ginia and Vitti meet each night in the mangled milieu of glass, steel, and concrete that was once museums, libraries, couture shops, and bowling greens. Endless debris unfurls around them like hot tar. Rust grows where nothing else will. Vitti plays guitar. Ginia paints using the old-world technique of fresco. Tons of plaster… Read more

-Jeremy Stelzner THE SUN IS STILL SLEEPING when Billy’s rooster Hal crows out the morning alarm. Billy knows what that means. Time to get to work. He wipes the sleep boogers from his eyes and slides on his Superman slippers. Sparkplug, his golden retriever, is still snoring away at the foot of his bed. She’s… Read more

-Kate Lunn-Pigula “TOO REGIONAL” SAID MY FEEDBACK. “Can’t take her seriously because her voice is so annoying.” My line manager put the piece of paper down. It’s not like I didn’t know that I have a high-pitched voice and, when teaching, can go a bit “unconfident.” I could see them all looking at me, then… Read more