Fiction
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The Dead Don’t Pay
By David Bassano, Juan patiently listened to the doctor explain the next procedure Catalina required but did not ask about the deductible. The doctor then reviewed the various medications Juan and Catalina were taking and why and how he was changing them. Juan thanked the doctor very politely and helped

The Dead Don’t Pay
By David Bassano, Juan patiently listened to the doctor explain the next procedure Catalina required but did not ask about the deductible. The doctor then reviewed the various medications Juan and Catalina were taking and why and how he was changing them. Juan thanked the doctor very politely and helped

Butch
By Thomas Penn Johnson, Douglas Park was just at the bottom of The Big Hill at the West end of the block where Butch lived,

Dangers of Ice Fishing
By Emily Weedon, It was that time of day in winter when the sky turned pulsing royal blue in the oblongs of her kitchen windows.

Final Draft
By Sarah Edmonds 5 minutes to -30- This is a love story. It’s important to remember that. 24 hours to -30- I had trouble

Altiplano
By David Bassano, That last summer in Mexico I was in the altiplano, or high plains, where the peyote grows. There were little villages of

Tick Tock
By Leah Eichler My five-year old granddaughter came up with the name. Once she heard me whispering about the “titkos,” meaning secret in Hungarian. To

Excerpt: I Am My Beloveds
(Listen to the audio of “I Am My Beloveds,” read by Jacob Dawes) By Jonathan Papernick Ben sat alone on his and Shira’s sensible

Plastic Breath
By Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi, After seven days of intolerable confinement, Izzy decided that this foggy afternoon was the right time to free herself. And, if

The Gift of Listening
By Rose Margaret Deniz, While Rona slept, an earthquake rattled a tiny distant shore on the Sea of Marmara 5,128 miles away from her pre-fab

Part Three: Alone on a Bridge
By George F. Walker George F. Walker is one of Canada’s most prolific and popular playwrights. Since beginning his theatre career in the early 1970s,