10 Stories From The Bible In No Particular Order by Ian Baaske 1. POTIPHAR’S WIFE When she was a girl and her father would bring her with him to the market, Zuleika would feel the older men’s stares. She remembers the dust and noise and heat mixing...
A Lucky Man by Daniel Coshnear Kevin had not been enjoying the game of Jello in the backseat, the boys falling into each other with every curve in Highway 116, nor the shrieking. When the road straightens, it’s quiet enough to hear the radio — another...
Ghost Puppy by Kaely Horton The ghost of my ex-girlfriend twirled in a desk chair in the middle of the kitchen, chewing gum. My mother paused in the doorway, grocery bag handles straining against the crook of her elbow, and pointed. “Is she real?” she asked. “Because...
The Cul de Sacs by Sarah McEachern The Proctors lived at the center of the east cul-de-sac and Abby lived almost a half mile away, at the center of the west cul-de-sac. Everest Street bisected the two. When Abby got off from babysitting on Thursday nights, she walked...
The Attentions of Dangerous Men by Ace Boggess They walk her in handcuffs from the POD—two squat black correctional officers from the security team, each holding one of her twig-like arms, and the cocky white sergeant following close behind, his face sun-burned,...
Trains by Caleb Tankersley My boyfriend and I found an impossibly cheap apartment with large windows. Cathedral windows, the landlord called them. We both cringed at that, but the light flooding the living room in the morning did have the look of the sacred. The...
