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

…And With You             To be clear, the Treens weren’t my first alien race. The Thaldossians were impressive in their… Read more …And With You by Zeke Jarvis

An island Tuesday. In the singular green eyes of a cat, being is mirrored, unseen.   *   The possible… Read more 5 Poems from Margarita Serafimova

WORLD CHAMPIONS TO BE by George Ryan I never think about a biker’s sensitivity. I don’t expect any to take… Read more 3 Poems by George Ryan

North Country by Lyman Graves Glen Cartwright looks the wilderness in the eye and realizes he has no business here. Despite… Read more North Country by Lyman Graves

THE YELLOW MANUSCRIPT by Jenny Maloney Sylvie Andrews found the dead man’s hidden manuscript in the false bottom of a… Read more The Yellow Manuscript by Jenny Maloney

Among the Meep by Robert Pope I did not know Margaret before we arrived against our wills, totally in the… Read more Among the Meep by Robert Pope