Fiction



Ten Minutes
A siren warns of an incoming missile but the Lutsky family spot a stranger just as they are about to enter their safe room. They invite him in. By Ellis Shuman.

Ten Minutes
A siren warns of an incoming missile but the Lutsky family spot a stranger just as they are about to enter their safe room. They invite him in. By Ellis Shuman.

Last Fragments
By Nathan Perrin Andrew watched the chemo mixture go slowly into his veins. He closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh. Stage four

Camp Chemo
By Austin Gilmore Stave I Most healthy kids my age don’t want anything to do with a Cancer Girl. They don’t want the constant reminder

The Gunman Who Forgot Who to Shoot
By T.J. Seefeldt The man had a job to do. He just couldn’t remember exactly what it was. He looked up from the bed in

Rapids
By CB Anderson Every day at lunchtime Sean paddles upriver, pulling against the current until his mind is sky and white-capped water. The precarity suits

A Stand-Up Comedian Walks into a Bar
By Ellis Shuman “Tough crowd tonight.” “You can’t win them all,” Mac said, slumping into a chair at the side of the club. “Some of

Billy Benjamin
By Emily Weedon, She lived in Laaksolahti and hated it. She hated the suburban, fussy strangled feel to the place. Dirt roads, for Crissakes, and

Night of the Coywolf
By Christopher Allen Nonna changed after her kitten was eaten. We all did, more or less. But the little fur ball was her greatest friend.

Cracker
By Bethany Browning Mother died cracking her neck. Balled her fist, positioned it under her chin and pushed sharply to the left. The hyperextension snapped

The Freedom of the Hills
By Michael Zamzow They say rock climbing is about facing death, but I’m not sure. Perhaps when I began, I would have made that claim