Excerpts from ‘Glass City’ by Nick Greer [ Lovers ] People in the city take lovers, how could they not? The evening fog comes on suddenly and old houses can’t keep heat though they do have working fireplaces. I once taught a student at the university how...
A Tea Party of Contemporaneous Proportions by Brandon Christopher Bethany couldn’t have picked a better day to host her imaginary tea party because Vivian, her guest of honor as well as her mother, was having one hell of a terrible day. It had started that morning,...
Creative Non Contest Honorable Mention: Seven Cities of Good by Laura Madeline Wiseman They approach me en masse—blonde, under four feet tall, each carrying a stuffed animal bound by leash. They are so close, their shoulders touch. They may as well be linking arms,...
Reward by Santi Elijah Holley Trixie had been missing for nearly a week. My daughter and I made the poster together, using my computer and scanner and a photograph of Trixie as a kitten. The photo was a year old, but it was the most recent one we had. Fran, my...
Floorboards by Jack C. Buck Of course I agreed, how could I not? Martin died when Eva, William, and Francis died out there on McKinley road. The morning it happened, Martin phoned me to leave work and drive over. I remember how the point where two sides of a wall meet...
The Humpback’s Wardrobe by Timothy Day On Saturday I awoke to find five of my hangers bent, the hooks askew this way and that. The hooks of a humpback’s wardrobe, Alice called them when I told her. “How would that work?” I asked, trying to picture it....
