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,” …
Category: Spring 2020
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 …
Nurse Jane
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 …
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. …