Dead Dog in a Time Machine December 12, 2021 I’m up to my neck with all the love I never got to give you. I don’t know how to give it back. A bubble from the beige water jug behind the pews rises in rhythm with the gasps from your mother. My blackContinue reading “Dead Dog in a Time Machine. Fiction by Abbigale Kernya”
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Maybe Yes, Maybe No. A Novella by Helen Mason
Maybe Yes, Maybe No Chapter 1 I’m sitting in one of my favourite places, our balcony overlooking Mud Lake. Afternoon rays warm my skin. A green smell wafts up from the trees that stretch as high as my floor. Birds I don’t recognize sing nearby. For once, the loud voices in the apartments around meContinue reading “Maybe Yes, Maybe No. A Novella by Helen Mason”
Tuesday Morning. Fiction by Eva-Maria Ehrhardt
Tuesday morning It’s been one of these mornings. The best laid-out plans could not meet their goal. Instead of getting ready and going to the mother-child group where your child could play and interact with other children of the same age and where you, the mum, could meet up with other mums– talk to adults,Continue reading “Tuesday Morning. Fiction by Eva-Maria Ehrhardt”
My Kind Father. Fiction by Nasser Yousefi
My Kind Father Good morning, dear father of mine… What?… Yeah… I slept well last night… a lot. I had some funny dreams too… How about you? Wow, what a wonderful breakfast you prepared… bread… cheese… walnuts… milk… tomatoes… I adore these breakfasts that you make for me every day… What?… You like the smellContinue reading “My Kind Father. Fiction by Nasser Yousefi”
Walled up. Fiction by Ivan deMonbrison
Painting: White shade n°21 Walled up – You know that you should never reveal anything about you, that is to THEM. – This is what we should always all be able to do, whatever it might take. – Just never stop hiding out from them, to finally become totally undetectable. And in order to doContinue reading “Walled up. Fiction by Ivan deMonbrison”
Morning Star. Fiction by Chantal Lavoie
Morning Star Caked in rich mud, it lies in the husband’s gloved hand, plucked from the garden with an accidental carrot and a deliberate handful of weeds. It smells green. He hoses it off at the side of the house and carries it into the kitchen. He hands it to her, her own hand comingContinue reading “Morning Star. Fiction by Chantal Lavoie”
My Deer Eye. Fiction by James Moran
My Deer Eye I was sitting on the roof of my Volvo, right outside my apartment, smoking a hand-rolled cigarette and drinking a non-alcoholic Clausthaler when I saw him. I had been imagining what I would say to the pretty waitress if she emerged out of the back of El Tapatio. I wasContinue reading “My Deer Eye. Fiction by James Moran”
Kashmiri Pulav. Fiction by Abhishek Udaykumar
Kashmiri Pulav But when I reached Honia’s street I saw that the power was out, and that the evening there seemed duller than the rest of the city. The heat had slowed me down. There was a skinny shopkeeper with spectacles dropping fish food into his tank, his pet store was invisible beyond the entranceContinue reading “Kashmiri Pulav. Fiction by Abhishek Udaykumar”
The Last Friday. Fiction by William Baker
The Last First Friday First published in Literally Stories, 2/2016. Brandt Colson watches his frenetic daughter as she flits around the room in her usual style. She is talking about ten different things at once, fussing over details and generally majoring in the minor. Brandt notices the bored and frowning, mostly grown grandson as heContinue reading “The Last Friday. Fiction by William Baker”
2 Fictions by Rod McConkey
A Parent’s Love A loud crash and the sound of glass shattering brought Noah out of the book he was reading. “Is everything okay, Matthew?” Noah called out. “Um…” Matthew said. Noah set the book aside and got up off the couch. “Don’t move, I’ll be there in a second,” “Don’t! There is broken glassContinue reading “2 Fictions by Rod McConkey”
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