The sun crests the treetops on election day in Rogers Park. Duna stood faithfully inches from the door, waiting for… Read more Hologram the Vote by Patty Nicole Johnson

The sword is heavy now. He forgets why he is there, in the cave, in the first place. He wants… Read more A little FLASH Fiction from Coleman Bomar

When Frank’s family moved into the apartment downtown, his daughter swore it was haunted. Not with anything to back it… Read more The Life We Left Behind by Craig Steven

Tommy’s crowbar tore through the old drywall, spilling a crumbled section of blackened rot to the floor. He wiped his… Read more I DON’T GRANT WISHES by Jeremiah Kleckner

Claudia circled downward on the spiral staircase into her bakery. Flaming orange rays of sunrise licked lace curtains in the… Read more Blueberry Scone Clippings By LC Treeheart

WHAT THEY DIDN’T SEE   She lies there in the street, emitting green smoke through the pores in her skin.… Read more Three Poems from John Grey

The dogs started barking long before dawn. Buck Stevens opened one eye and shut it again quickly. He’d stopped by… Read more The Ugly Indian by Rhema Sayers

Allison felt eyes on her, peering through her window as she was jotting down the finishing touches to the latest… Read more Offspring by Tim Frank

Gut Instinct   Miss Hooker died in my dream last night. She’s my Sunday School teacher and pretty old, 25,… Read more 4 poems by Gale Acuff

A World of Shade Darkness strained to overwhelm a triumphant light, the oppressed people burgeoning in numbers to only falter… Read more A World of Shade by D.T. Mattingly

Shades When her husband disappeared, it was easy to imagine he’d been stolen. First, by another woman someone younger, some… Read more 5 Poems from Holly Day

FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT INSTAGOOGLEBOOK With the blink of your eye, a word from your lips, you can transfer up… Read more 3 Poems by John Grey

Well, I never much cared for the way Annie Mae Miller lorded herself over folks when she was alive with… Read more The Late Clerk’s Tale by Dennis Humphrey

We’d lashed it down with chains. The links were like thick arms coiled together, pinning the beast down. Despite the… Read more The Last Dragon by Ben O’Hara

The old man in greasy coveralls stood on the back porch of his cinderblock ranch and surveyed the sprawling junkyard… Read more Durable Goods by Robert Tyler