Nadia Giordana
If We Had Tails That Wagged
By Leanne M. Benson “Why don’t snakes have eyebrows?” asked the sloth. “So, that you can’t tell when I’m frowning,” the snake replied....
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Nadia Giordana
- Jul 31
- 1 min
The Lake House
By Keith Hoerner Deep below the lake’s murky surface, there sits a house—intact. A two-story structure of Carpenter Gothic details like...
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Nadia Giordana
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
The Wolf Who Arrived Home Empty-Handed
By Wes Tern After rehearsing the lie he planned to tell his wife as he paced back and forth outside the den, the wolf finally broke down...
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Nadia Giordana
- Aug 29, 2021
- 2 min
Knowing I Speak of You in Heaven
By Michael Tyler And the slot opens and it’s a struggle to remember whether its night or day as the fluorescent light blinks and the food...
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Avijit Roy
- Dec 24, 2019
- 6 min
The Unexpected Bliss of Death—and Life
The Unexpected Bliss of Death—and Life By Avijit Roy The bedroom is dark. It's been drizzling for two hours. A cold breeze blows into the...
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Sue Midlock
- Dec 14, 2019
- 4 min
Willow of the Wisps
Willow of the Wisps By Sue Midlock I am the oldest. A girl. A sister to four younger brothers. Dreadful beasts they are and yet, I am to...
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Gloria VanDemmeltraadt
- Nov 24, 2019
- 2 min
Berta
Berta I was nine the summer I learned what cruelty was. It was then I knew it was true, what Tom had said. Berta really had killed two...
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Anita Haas
- Nov 17, 2019
- 1 min
Taste the Words
Taste the Words Flash Fiction by Anita Haas “What colour is it?” she asked, running her fingertips over the surface of the plate. “White....
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Rick Blum
- Oct 13, 2019
- 5 min
Sticker Shock
By Rick Blum The talk radio station droned on relentlessly. Normally, Joel Bergman would gleefully soak up the latest current events and...
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Betty Brandt Passick
- Sep 15, 2019
- 6 min
The Duck Blind
From Gangster in Our Midst (2017) by Betty Brandt Passick Ice fragments in the pre-dawn November 1933 air sparred with Marshal Sweeney...
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Greyson Ferguson
- Aug 18, 2019
- 2 min
Reasons to Kill a Man
By Greyson Ferguson Samuel Richards sat at his empty wooden desk. Pocked and scratched, once sharp corners dulled to the touch, the desk...
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Anita Haas
- Aug 11, 2019
- 4 min
Full House
By Anita Haas It was a small house, but big enough for the two of them. Aurora and Domingo were so excited when they moved in. There...
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pat O'Regan
- Jul 21, 2019
- 7 min
At the Breakfast
Life is absurd. We all have to come to grips with that. The jungle of Vietnam is a hauntingly beautiful place. All the same, it is not a...
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Gloria VanDemmeltraadt
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
1992
1992 Gloria VanDemmeltraadt Ten-year-old McKenzie Ward turned her head as she usually did when her best friend Otis suggested a spitting...
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Mack Eisenmann
- Apr 2, 2019
- 4 min
3:34 Outside the Ladies Room
3:24 Outside the Ladies’ Room Mack Eisenmann “You just got to time it right, is all,” Slogger said. He sniffed and scratched the rim of...
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Helen Lapakko
- Mar 19, 2019
- 5 min
The Corner House
The Corner House By Helen Lapakko One day I walk by a large sprawling house, carved out of stones and stucco. I see a man; he is stooped...
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Jason Feingold
- Mar 5, 2019
- 4 min
Nice Guys Finish Last
Nice Guys Finish Last Jason A. Feingold The window was open just enough to let in the cool night air. It was also, Jim noted, enough to...
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Nadine Sehnert
- Feb 12, 2019
- 4 min
One 40 oz. Coors...
One 40 oz. Coors, Two Plastic Cups and 20 Salem Menthol Butts in the Sand By Nadine Sehnert This morning I had three goals to accomplish...
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Paul Rondema
- Jan 2, 2019
- 3 min
The Sea Star War
The Sea Star War By Paul Rondema Anton removed his hat, smoothed his collar and remembered many years ago, when he was small enough to...
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Niles Reddick
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
The exterminator
The Exterminator By Niles Reddick The exterminator finally arrived. He apologized, said he left a message about being late, but when I...
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