Issue Five: November 2023 We lost a year. But we're back and still hope to have two issues out in 2024 with the first “Smorgasbord” by Andy Betz They are at it again. Excellent! On Tuesday, in preparation for the Blue’s arrival, the Red’s began molding the landscape “A Public Service” by William Diamond Six years later, Lucy Adresta’s heart still clenched when she enter the Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington. Therapy, “Bad Medicine” by Dan Cardoza I throw a spade and shovel in the back of my pickup, and head to the Sierra’s out of Stockton, “A Teachable Moment” by Katherine Parsons Anyone who has not yet come to terms with death, she said,Raise your hand.We all relaxed, sure of if nothing “Estraterrestrial Eye” by Calvin Shaw The First Sighting (The Bar) Her mysterious aura caught the attention of his eerie eyes. He stared blatantly until his “POP” by Adam Patrick Isabelle waves her fingers through the dust molecules floating in the everlasting light of day. Each leaves a broad wake “Troll” by Rohan Buettel You shouldn’t even be onlineif you can’t take what I dish out.Bringing justice to the unworthy:the weak, the soft, no “Je T’aime, Ma Poupée” by Kirstyn Petras Je t’aime, ma poupée The black ink looks fresh against the white paper. Thin letters that curl across the page “Like a Chesire Cat” by Samuel Fishman June smoked a joint as he told me of his first murder. “Jonas Sharpless was three sheets to the wind “The Road Home” by Bryan Grafton He had been driving what seemed like hours now. That was the problem when you owned your own business “How We Met” by Joseph Lewis Of all the things I remember the night it happened, I can’t for the life of me remember why I “Vampyr” by Marc Darnell Block the light, allow no leakingthrough-- not an odd requestfor a nighted crawler speakingthrough my cuspids, my best pale nails “Chainsaw Maintenance” by Matthew Sisson Check the filter. All kinds of particulatesaccumulate there- Lost loves, missedbusiness opportunities, failed therapyand diets. To release the dust, tap “Waiting” by Laura Vitcova A pyre waits to be consumed by heavenrests upon broken wings of a raven broken are the wings of many “Mirrors” by Grace Penry Mirror Mirror Art and Décor stands in a Tucson strip mall, part of the never-ending strip mall of Speedway Boulevard. “Morbidity” by J.J. Fletcher “Mrs. Mosely! You’ve forgotten your laudanum.” Henry Webster called out. Mrs. Mosely really didn’t need any more laudanum, and her “A Lovely Place” by Nixcan Brooks It’s been two hours. It’s been fifty minutes. It’s been a day. The sun is dipping over the horizon. It’s Issue Four: November 2021 Welcome to our 2021 issue. It seems the years get more interesting as the number of the year gets larger. 1 2 3 … 5 Next »
