By: Peter Nemenoff He had a nervous demeanor. Elijah sat in a café, a full latte in front of him. He occasionally picked it up, and blew on it, even after […]
Atonement Decaf
Travels with a Barbarian by Lady Elina Greypepper – The dwarven collar
By: The Birch Twins “Where did you get that,” asked Skarr, her face a mixture of anger and surprise.” If regular readers will recall, I had just returned, barely with my life […]
A Chance to Live
By: Padmini Krishnan I felt that something was not quite right as I boarded DSL-231. Vimmi seemed relaxed and her eyes shone with excitement. We were going home to Sheila. I opened […]
What Liars They Are!
by Frank Kowal It was 1954, and I was six years old, watching TV by myself on the floor of my living room. In those days the TVs were black-and-white and […]
‘Fragments of Love’ and other Haiku by Dwit David Philip
By: Dwit David Philip IYour conservative ethosis a way livingyour pretensionIs a volcano camouflagelike a value system. IIAn instinct paraphraselate night sleepuninterpreted eyesopen on a knockrepents the tired sin. IIIHer first blink, […]
Flying Dreams
By: L.W. Smolen Heck hit the street on their 30th Wedding Anniversary critical-mass disgusted – and not just with Seattle. He headed out his hotel front door onto Western Avenue, passed-up Eno’s […]
Friday Night
By: Bruce Levine Phillip closed the book. He’d been reading for a couple of hours and his eyes were tired. Friday would be a good night, he thought as he rubbed his […]
for the landlady is not god but her rent is religion anyway
By: Paul Tanner 2 supervisors caught himat the chiller section,shoving packs of bacon into his anorak.they dragged him into the manager’s office … you go backto scanning and packingfor the queue … […]
What the Sun Can’t Heal
By: Joan Gelfand Blood Memory By Gail NewmanMarsh Hawk Press, 2020$15.00ISBN: 978-0-9969911-9-3 The strong and steadfast Los Angeles sun no doubt has restorative powers. Well-being emanates from its bright light, an outdoor […]
Nightmen
By Robert Prochaska Bud sat soaking his gout-ridden feet in warm water. The purple flesh that had ballooned to three times its size at his ankle made me flinch. As I turned […]
