Category: Fiction
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Fiction: Lori D’Angelo’s “Neighbors”
Thomas hired a neighbor woman to spy on his wife. He told himself that it was for his wife’s own good. His marriage had fizzled, and he wanted to know why. His wife’s name was Donna. The neighbor’s name was Donnetta. At times, he felt like he wasn’t even spying. The neighbor was like an…
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Fiction: Three Atrocities by John Dermot Woods
*Ed.’s Note: click images to view larger sizes. New Jersey In the suburbs of New York City, the police were called to detain a trespasser who had been witnessed climbing the fences of several residents’ backyards and digging up their lawns with a steel shovel. The trespasser was a woman, a mother who said she…
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Fiction: Molly Prentiss’ “My Someone’s Ears”
The first things I loved about My Someone were his ears. They were smaller than average, and shaped like seashells, curved in on themselves and then hollow. They seemed to ask to be whispered into. Or I wanted to hold them up to my own ears to hear the ocean. Our first kiss was not…
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Fiction: Amy Glasenapp’s “I Don’t Want to Bury Dreams Yet”
Tick tock, you say. My coat is nowhere to be found, and of course, my keys are in the coat. I disappear and come back empty-handed. You shake your head. On the way out you talk about real things: bills, Thanksgiving, weatherproofing the apartment. Things I don’t want to think about just now with the…
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Fiction: “Hunting,” by Meg Pokrass
The doctor told Dad he had a sub-zero temperature. He was almost always home now. My little sister laughed. Tarla laughed at most of what Dad said—but not at what he did. “That is not possible,” I said to Dad. His doctor’s appointments were twice a week. “Well, the doctor slapped my bottom and that…
