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The End of the World and Karate
Al Dixon
On the way home from picking up my brother at the airport, I stopped for a hitchhiker. I’d never picked up a hitchhiker before. I think I did it because my brother was with me, Julian. It was the kind of thing Julian would do.
White Dwarf Seeks Red Giant for Binary Orbit
Samantha Edmonds
We’ll have more in common than you’d think—after all, we’re both main sequence stars, I’m just a few million years ahead of you.
Imaginary Jenn
Kevin Maloney
In 2007, I was catfished by a homely woman from Arkansas masquerading as a 5’10” blonde bombshell named “Jenn.” Before you judge me, remember that this was ten years ago.
The Coming
Siobhan Welch
And tbh, I seriously doubt Jesus wants me to die a virgin.
My Dying Neighbor Stole Our Pie
Alex Schuman
You’re always told to do the right thing and stand-up to evil, but can a, old dying woman who lies about being offered pie constitute as evil? I thought yes.
Him Hiccup, Me Yawn
Florence Gonsalves
“Fine, but I get full custody of the mustache,” I said, once we’d finished dividing up all of our things: him Chipotle, me The Red Hot Chili Peppers, him macramé, me black clothing.
Dirty Socks
Sean Higgins
Danielson sells his dirty socks to perverts on the internet.
Jackalope Run
CJ Hauser
She’s going to be an artist, he told your parents, and he wasn’t wrong, even if you couldn’t hack it in New York.
The Sculptor
Ryan K. Jory
Mom says new husbands are like circus peanuts. They go stale after a few weeks, and she wonders, Why the hell do I keep buying these things? I don’t even like them.
Strawberry Is Learning To Fly
Mariya Poe
Who says islands needs water? he asked. Mine is a tree island. It’s something surrounded by something different.
Peggy Park, August 1992
Bryan Washington
Micah turned pro and the rest of us went regular.
"Wade Boggs"
Jeremy Rice
You look like you just walked out of a punt, pass and kick contest. We gotta make you look sick."
ROKUGATSU NO HEBI
Kris Hartrum
I wanted to see Akari and have a drink so we could get a little drunk and maybe take our clothes off.
Good Touch, Bad Touch
Thomas Kearnes
Shane said I needed to be more social, network with the other teachers. I told him it was pointless.
Below the Chandelier
Derick Dupre
He can’t respond to the man addressing him as Mr. Sport because he can’t talk, his tongue has been mangled, somewhat ineptly, and he sees the hilarity in this, being tortured by inept torturers, as another larger silent gentleman’s behind him, but if it weren’t him in the chair, if it were someone else and he was watching, he might be amused by these two dilettantes practicing the art of torture.
The Ugly Woman
Laura Adamczyk
The woman sat on the train wrapped tightly in her coat. She stared at herself in the window and eyed the other passengers.
Speech Therapy
Richard Johnston
My therapist’s name was Sean. I remember that most of all because it was easy for me to say. The sound sh never caused trouble. I could curse or tell people to shut up all day long. But es caused a world of trouble.
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