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First Time In Paradise? by Gary Berg

It was still dark when he pulled out of the truck stop and headed up Highway 99 to Chico, a toothpick out the side of his mouth and a belly full of coffee. The fucking [...]

December 1, 2014

here is a list of things you left behind by Alison Leigh Znamierowski

January 4, 2016

10) purple clovers plucked & siphoned by hungry mouths on summer walks, discarded into roadside fields 9) a missing [...]
this fish has no circadian rhythm (and it’s better off for it) by Chloe DeFilippis

March 11, 2017

the cicada in you sits on a rusted clothesline in the backyard a bird chased you into the sky once i had scarlet fever once [...]
The Silver Birch by Vincent O’Connor

October 1, 2014

In the garden of my deceased dad there stood a single tree. It bore no fruit, offered no druids’ code, brought forth no [...]
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin No.1 by John Dorsey

June 1, 2015

a kid jacking another kid in the face outside the elementary school an old man in a fur coat carrying a dollhouse [...]
Life Hack by Jessica Bonder

January 27, 2017

Denial, it ain’t just a river. This is what passes for psychoanalytical comedy, cross-stitched on a decorative accent [...]
Commitments by Kelle Grace Gaddis

December 29, 2016

His coarse beard was an array of auburn, brown and gray strands, hairs upturned and twisted out to the side refusing to [...]
Six Poems by Benjamin Blake

January 6, 2017

Old Bones Weary, bleary-eyed distraction Forever trying to make it home Shuffling ‘round the living room, slipper-clad [...]
Sorry My Dad Trolled You Last Night by Matthew Dexter

February 5, 2017

We booby-trap the house to prevent Dad from drunk posting on Facebook. He lost his career at Raytheon and his reputation [...]
Untitled #3 by Mike Lafontaine

June 1, 2014

My father appeared to me in a dream last night. I was walking down the street in my old neighbourhood. I was looking at my [...]
I am my own planet by Meg Johnson

March 22, 2019

I don’t suffer from night terrors, but if I ever do, I hope I scream out, Neely O’Hara! I could scream this out while [...]
The Cooks Alphabet by Ken Poyner

April 1, 2014

I am having my way with the waitress. Her dress is bunched up about her waist and her panties are dangling at one ankle, [...]
Diner Hearts by Benjamin Blake

February 1, 2015

Waitress smiles as she sets down my coffee All I can offer in return is a fleeting glance into her eyes Well received, but [...]