By Anna Villegas Fawn follows Tammy into the women’s restroom as soon as the hostess shows them to their table. Taking Daddy out to dinner for Father’s Day was the last-minute Saturday night thought of Earl, Fawn’s brother. But lately Fawn is more interested in Tammy, who has been sending elliptical e-mails about relationship distress … Continue reading Dinner with Daddy
The Porch Bench
By Ronita Sinha It so happened that Minnie started baking treats for the neighborhood kids. It began the day Dr. Fish gently insisted that Minnie find something to do that gives her joy, a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Sitting in his grey impersonal chamber Minnie’s eyes misted over. Through the haze of … Continue reading The Porch Bench
To Still Exist
By Molly Ketcheson Sometimes she woke up crying. In her dreams, the Blank Year still existed. Or so Annie presumed whenever she was dragged from sleep with heaving sobs but no recollection of why the tears ran down her cheeks. She wasn't sure if she was crying because the memory was devastating or simply … Continue reading To Still Exist
Prose by Alex Andy Phuong
A Garden in the State of California I am outside near my lemon tree. Sunlight shines upon my body. I express gratitude for having Vitamin D flow through my veins. I breathe air to survive as well as thrive. I walk on the grass, and feel the Earth beneath my feet. I am getting older, … Continue reading Prose by Alex Andy Phuong
Misfits
By Colleen Halupa Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer traveled to the Island of Misfit Toys. I live on the Island of Misfit dogs. “You have how many dogs? Are you nuts?” I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has said this to me. At the most current count, I have 21; however, at … Continue reading Misfits
Just Desserts
By Dawn DeBraal If only Hannah understood how abrasive she could be when she talked to people. Her mother never told her that she was offensive. Hannah never developed the filter that most of us have. The one we use to refrain from responding negatively toward a person. It seems every time Hannah opened her … Continue reading Just Desserts
Resetting the Clock
By Bob Faszczewski This damned inventory count took two entire business weeks—would you believe it? Two whole weeks. I think I am totally surrounded by incompetent fools. I have a good mind to fire them all and start over from scratch. After extracting myself from this den of stupidity I have to claw my way … Continue reading Resetting the Clock
Coffee and Rain
By Mehreen Ahmed As a lightning crackled, Claudia drew the curtains apart. She stood before the long French windows of her penthouse apartment and looked down at a wet alley. The cobblestones of the boulevard shone in the falling rain of dismal clouds. It hadn’t rained for days. She yawned and then she stretched. Across … Continue reading Coffee and Rain
It Was A Case Of All Or Nothing
By Tavinder New Latest Press: Jewels stolen from Bank of Scarlett by notorious thieves Peter and Pritchard. They are dangerous, clever and not to be trusted! The brown leather case was beside my foot and inside the jewels worth tens of millions of pounds lying there beside me, my rendezvous was to meet … Continue reading It Was A Case Of All Or Nothing
Lost and Found
By Michal Reiben One evening as I’m laying on my bed, reading, the phone on my bed-side table rings. I pick up the receiver, “Hello.” “Anna?” inquires a woman’s voice. “Yes,” I reply nervously, for a strange voice usually signifies some sort of nuisance-call. “I’m your sister Imogen,” explains the lady at the other end … Continue reading Lost and Found
