By Ranjit Kulkarni On a normal working day, Robin Warne would be in some corporate meeting this time in the afternoon. But today was a light afternoon at work, to his delight. So he sat at his desk staring at the laptop screen, pretending to be busy. At his level in the company, he couldn't … Continue reading Help
Leaving For Love
By Luke Beling The sea was a candle in his eyes. If he hoped to find what lay underneath it, he'd need to kiss her on the lips and promise to be back one day. Mary considered herself more than obtuse, undebated over like the choice of a holiday in the mountains or at the … Continue reading Leaving For Love
The Basket Weavers
By Steve Carr Mrs. Chattam’s tendency toward exaggerated worries and anxieties led her to view the man outside the cottage on the other side of the pond with a great deal of apprehension. The only things she saw him take out of the back of his car were several fishing poles and a shiny red … Continue reading The Basket Weavers
Aluminum
By Jim Bates I pulled the aluminum canoe up on shore and looked around. We were on a rocky island covered in pine trees on a small lake in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota. We were also lost. Next to me, Harry, my younger brother cupped his hands into the lake and took a … Continue reading Aluminum
My Friend Vishal
By Ranjit Kulkarni I don’t know who I should call a friend. Friendships happen out of nowhere when doing things together. And once they happen, I often find myself keeping them going whether I like it or not. I have made friends when I chanced upon someone who read a common book. I have made … Continue reading My Friend Vishal
My Friends
By Abe Margel The sun came out just as the football game ended. Dan stood up; he turned and retrieved from the back of his seat his number 31 “Pinball” Clemons jersey. He had brought this same lucky jersey to every Argonauts game he had attended for the past nine years. “Pinball” had been the … Continue reading My Friends
Tuna Tortellini with Cream
By John Goodie Eli, the main chef in the kitchen at his family-owned Jewish Ghetto restaurant near Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood, heard a ruckus outside when the sous-chef, Jacob, opened the back door to step out for a cigarette. Eli grew up in that Italian-Jewish kitchen, learning to cook with his grandfather and father, easily mastering … Continue reading Tuna Tortellini with Cream
Herman
By Harvey Huddleston Joanne was such a conniver. Elliot didn’t know that at the time because like they say in the Bronx, buttah wouldn’t melt in her mouth. They’d just recently begun working together as legal assistants at a big firm with adjoining desks. Everyday he’d hear about the problem her rescue group was having. … Continue reading Herman
New Beginnings
By Ove Haxthausen “Just like the movies,” I thought as my guard urged me out of the car. Through the drizzle and darkness of the chilly October morning, I could make out the gloomy iron trusses of the Glienicke Bridge. But this was no film, it was the culmination of my three years in Soviet … Continue reading New Beginnings
Sunday Son
By Derrick Galloway Julius always seems to find himself in a dangerous and crazy situation every time I visit him and it seems to me that I constantly have to help him. Being his father, there is nothing that I love more than my son and I will always be ready and willing to do … Continue reading Sunday Son
Academy of the Heart And Mind 