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A Peaceful WorldFiction

A Peaceful World

Lance WatsonJune 21, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIc7CTmYaQ The world ended on a Tuesday. Not with a bang—though there were plenty of those—but with the usual assortment of morons talking about…

The Christo ApartmentsFiction

The Christo Apartments

Sherry CassellsMay 25, 2025

I passed her building again yesterday on the train. It’s wrapped like a Christo – do you know Christo? – it's been in this state I…

TariffsFiction, Humor

Tariffs

Lance WatsonMay 22, 2025

The morning started the way it always did: half a joint and a bowl of Frosted Flakes. The cereal was stale and the joint…

The DOGZ of WarCartoon, Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction

The DOGZ of War

Lance WatsonMay 8, 2025

They came in loud, laughing, chewing gum like it was some new Olympic sport. Kids in expensive sneakers and hoodies that probably cost more…

Nightmares with Howie — Our Purple YearsFiction

Nightmares with Howie — Our Purple Years

Sherry CassellsMay 7, 2025

Just before sunrise, the sky above the lavender farm roared into purple, and the dawn came tinted. Picture me a purple-eyed child insomniac, skinny…

Opening Sentences 101Fiction

Opening Sentences 101

Sherry CassellsApril 12, 2025

They say an opening sentence should draw the reader in with its precision and clarity, a bouquet of words with the promise of fulfilment…

Racoon HuntingFiction

Racoon Hunting

Elizabeth DunnMarch 28, 2025

I do not have the memory that some do, more often flashes, images, clip shots, waves, feelings. They come on the outbreath. When I…

Benny the Bard: A Modern EpicFiction

Benny the Bard: A Modern Epic

Grady VanWrightFebruary 21, 2025

I. That Ain’t FedEx It a was dull morning in H-Town, where the sun rose slow as molasses and the coffee from Greasy Joe’s tasted…

Forty-FivesFiction

Forty-Fives

Ann KammererJanuary 7, 2025

Forty-Fives A Story in Interconnected Flash -1- Ada’s skin was caramel and her hair so black it looked blue. She was tiny with shoulder…

MotherFiction

Mother

Kaci Skiles LawsNovember 30, 2024

I was seven when an aneurism grew like a rotten berry inside Mother’s brain and burst. Everyone said, at least her suffering is over, the…

Night WalkFiction

Night Walk

Pat PerrinOctober 12, 2024

She finds her way down the hillside in the late night dark, making no use of a flashlight habitually held in one hand. If…

The HitmanFiction

The Hitman

Michael AckerOctober 2, 2024

"Seat open?" I asked the guy sitting next to an empty stool at this small town's local hangout. "Yup! You're welcome to it!" he,…