Speculative Fiction
Children of the Trees by Jean Davis
She backed away from the edge, the pads of her feet moving silently over the rough bark.
Speculative Fiction
A Little More Time by Frances Gow
This body, Martha’s body, does not respond to my commands. I no longer feel it, I no longer own it, if I ever did.
Speculative Fiction
The Moonshiner by Chris Palmer
He ran through the footprints his friends made and didn’t slow down until he came to the tree by his window.
Speculative Fiction
Misty Fingers of Death by E. M. Sole
Maybe I needed to talk to someone, or maybe I’m just a nasty person who likes to torment people, or maybe I’m still trying to save someone.
Literary Fiction
She Was Special by Sara Kathryn Puls
In a cruel but seductive tone, Edna whispered that this was the closest Rosario would come to lasting pleasure.
Literary Fiction
Building Hyperion by David Wright
It was almost five o'clock when the bobcat ran out of gas.
Front Page
Being Your Own Hero by Perry McDaid, Guest Fiction Editor
We live, for the most, in a competitive society where people either strive for acceptance by their peer group – or to clamber over them to grab that ever-present brass ring.
Poetry
Suburban Corporate Ecosystem by Jeff M. Combs
Made up words fill your brain as a giant insect
Flash
The Return Trip by Jim Harrington
Brad hooked a carabiner into the bolt in the granite wall. He planted his feet against the stone and leaned back in the harness. His left hand held the rope.
Flash
Imaginary Friendships Aren’t the Easiest to Break by Milo James Fowler
Bernard felt things no one else did. There were no cold fingers on anyone else's neck in the movie theater.
Flash
Hero by Amy Trueblood Hero The smell of fresh popcorn and stale beer flooded the air as my son and I walked toward the stadium.
Flash
Renounce the Tunnel by Gayle Francis Moffet
My ear fell off yesterday. I was combing my hair, and I bumped my ear, and it fell off into the sink.