FICTION

Silent as a Snowflake by Nancy Yuktonis Solak

I’m in a mood—a mood I don’t like one bit. Probably because it’s childish. I can’t…
DOWN AT THE CROSS WHERE MY SAVIOR DIED by John Dufresne

When my uncle Walter Ryan gave up drink—this was after the school department fired him for…
Old Faithful by John Brantingham

Arnold turns around after Old Faithful erupts for the cheer behind him. There’s a man down…
These Curtains Have To Go by Richard Keller

“Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today.” “Us,” TZ17 intervened. “Yes, us,”…
“Goats” by Clay Cantrell

“Randy had enough.”
“The Understanding” by Lana Citron

‘Say we found it together… we found it today… say it.’
“Before Fall Semester” by Ariya Mamun

“It was the last truly hot day of the summer. It was also the last day…
“Lonnie T” by Michael Cox

“I’m going to see Lonnie.”
“Pyramid of the Bees” by Charles Haddox

“Do not touch what belongs to the dead,” it hums in an aged, monotonous bee voice,…
“Why My Matches Aren’t Responding to Me on the Dating App” by Madison Jozefiak

Maybe the problem is that the men are just never real enough.