by Jade Thompson Gravity was pulling the rain down hard and fast like bullets—firm drops beating my back like a drum. “Why did you stop?! Hurry up and keep …
Clean Hands
Category: Fiction
Midnight Punch
by Perry Gregory There’s a cowboy in the library tonight and he has brought all of his newspapers to spread across the dark polished oak. His hand hovers next to …
Glenn Just Then
by Timothy P. Fenn Carolyn slowly scanned her eyes over the “body” of the mountaintop, known as the “Sleeping Giant,” and read it from left to right: the chiseled “head,” …
The Smoker’s Dilemma
by Joseph Maxwell Corporal McLaughlin walks into a makeshift infirmary, which in actuality is just a tent with some cots and bandages. “You asked for me, Staff Sergeant?” he says, …
I Have Been Thinking About Summer
by Judy Chin 1. I often find myself thinking about commercial ads like those for Expedia. The ads seem fantastical because they fail to mention the crowded airlines, customs, and …
The Caduceus
by David Reames An excerpt from an Untitled novel Detroit 2020 My boots crunch and squelch in the slushy snow along I-94. The Cadieux overpass is less than …