by Ashley Herzig At exactly nine o’clock, I push open the double doors to the ICU and take a deep inhale. Ah, that smell. Disinfectant, ammonia, just a hint of …
Nurse Jane
Category: Fiction
Rebuilding
by Janet Levinson “Who the hell put the spoon in the slot with the cake forks?” he fumed, holding the wooden drawer in his hands. “Me, you idiot. …
Crumbs
by Janet Levinson Bending over, she scrapes the Dustbuster across the ceramic tile, making sure every minute cake crumb is caught. She stands up, straightening her tiny frame, and gently …
Lonely Fire
by Francisco Attié Iriqui is a very small town, in what some like to call the middle of nowhere. But that’s not exactly true, because the middle of nowhere, by …
The Back Nine
by David Reames Now that the crops had been harvested and the fields laid barren, Peachtree Estates stood like some kind of lunatic lunar outpost. The mobile home community lay …
Ruminating
by Julia Nimchuk When I walk down the street, I’m acutely aware of the clench in my jaw, the tension in my brow, the pout of my lip. If a …