By: john e.c. 3. After feeding him his beef or chicken for supper, she’d leave him at the TV and head for the river. It ran slow and deep past the bottom […]
Ovid For Covid: Tales Of Metamorphosis
Hitherto Unknown
By: Bruce Levine Hitherto unknown. Jodi wrote down the words and wondered why. What was she thinking about that caused her to contemplate the idea? Yes, it was part of a dream, […]
The Neglected Wife
By K. A. Williams Barry was a workaholic and the manager of an appliance store. His new assistant manager was named Jake. People liked Jake. Barry and Anne, his wife, had even […]
Put on your red dress
By: Alan Berger I made a promise to myself that the only voice I was going to listen to would be my own. Except, my wife’s. I like that voice of hers. […]
‘Anticipation’ and other works
By: Carl Papa Palmer Anticipation She watches the officer’s precise approach in her rear view mirror, grips the steering wheel tightly keeping both hands in plain sight at ten and two. Not […]
Olman and Missus R
By Jim Woessner We only ever saw the Rausches in the summer. They were an elderly couple that lived in Jeff City and only came to the river on weekends. Their place […]
Penthelm
By Edward Wells The river comes at Penthelm, in its depression, from the southeast. Before reaching the town, the river curves to the northeast around the natural levy of the ridge. It […]
Widower
By: Sam Paget You win some; you lose some, as I always say. My father always said it, and now so do I. I’ve said it to my old pal Paul quite […]
Lillian and the Shack
By: Janet Brown When I was a young girl, there was a little, old, brown house that was situated down from where I lived. This house, which was really a shack, […]
Two Phone Calls
By: Harvey Huddleston He’d just hung up with his mom from their facetime call. It had been a good one. She’d said a few times that she couldn’t hear him so he’d […]
