The Photographer by Joseph JP Johnson In the final hours of Michael Smith’s life, family rotated into the hospital room. Most had little to say and spent, on average, three minutes each wishing the man well and promising his full recovery. There was the inheritance to...
The Second Bride by Allegra Frazier The First Bride didn’t work out, but enough about that. # The Second Bride is provided with everything she needs upon arrival–the correct shoes, coarse soap for her body and soft soap for her face, a booklet of helpful advice, a...
The Weight On My Back by Penn Stewart “It feels like saltwater in my veins,” Layla says. “Cold and gritty.” I hold her other hand, the one not attached to the arm with the IV drip. “Did you knowthe salinity of ocean water and our blood is the same?” “You’ve told me...
The Helicopter Patients by Michael Mount I In the evening of our third day on with little more to do than play games of cat and mouse with Lonnie, the old janitor, Jeffrey, the other CNA, and I took to harassing Martha the nurse. In the night, anyway,...
Circles by Joshua Gottlieb-Miller CIRCLES Markets softened when China shut factories down to create cleaner airfor the Olympics. FUTURE MARKETS COMMONS CIRCLES HISTORY ECOLOGY POLITICS EXCESS All my friends’ fathersand my fatherand yours. “There are alwayswinners and...
We Are Not Responsible by Nathan Alling Long Mrs. Greene, please stay calm. I understand you are sure you left your husband here last week. However, we have no record of it, and you don’t have your ticket. Do you want to look through your purse again for it? It’s...
