She sleeps like a dead weight now beside me, lowered into the night, the ropes of the day swaying around her. We know nothing about each other really. She does not know how often my ex-lover visits me... [+]
Short Fiction
4 min
She sleeps like a dead weight now beside me, lowered into the night, the ropes of the day swaying around her. We know nothing about each other really. She does not know how often my ex-lover visits me... [+]
I pick up the photograph of us. It’s my most prized and most hated possession. You know the one... [+]
Once
I encountered
Danger
in the shape of a man
and he fascinated me
with his... [+]
Q: How does it feel?
A: It’s like sinking.
It’s sour cherry red, dripping fire down you... [+]
On his way out the door to a meeting with a client, the husband said, “We should have a baby,” and the wife, pointing to one of the windows that overlooked the driveway, said, “We already have... [+]
It was real cold that night, not just Miami cold, and it was late. I’d had to wait until the girls were asleep to go out into the pre-Christmas lunacy of the mall because my wife and I were... [+]
I'm getting ready to move to a new house. I'm packing my books, art supplies, peacock collectibles, and DVDs.
Everything I touch is a reminder of my dear friend Pam. Most of the books are... [+]
It was about 2pm in the afternoon, and I was feeling real hungry. There was a pizza shop downtown and they have really good slices of pizza, so I went in to get a slice. The store was not really... [+]
In 2020, everything changed. Things changed and people changed.
My name is Loredana Lisa, and this is a true story. When my mom gave birth to me, she and my dad had me as their first-born... [+]
The Eagles won the Superbowl, and I got a ring.
I’m 31 years old and I’ve had at least 18 jobs. I started in high school. I used to work at CVS on Stenton Avenue in Philadelphia. I... [+]
When I walk my dog, I imagine I’m in a film.
I imagine I’m in a film like Star Wars because I like the lightsaber duels between the Jedi Knight and the Sith, including the songs of the... [+]
Noun. Consistency in one’s personhood regardless of externalities.
I
I cannot escape the
veil... [+]
Sure, a few of the vowels are missing, but I’m no dummy, though rushing toward the next... [+]
Holy is the thing on its slow dance across the night, all chalk-faced and beaming, filling the... [+]
Fred is an arsonist—and, Fred is not an arsonist. Let me explain: Fred has thought of fire, its power and grace, for a long time. Perhaps since he was a child. He often watched fires, mesmerized... [+]