My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
Snapshots of Strangers (Paddy O’Reilly)
My godfather conned us. He ran off with the family fortune, my brother’s cricket bat, and a small, secret part of my mother’s heart. We heard he had bought a …
Resolution 666 (Paul Adkin)
Esteemed Creator of the Universe: In accord with resolution 666, passed unanimously last November by the Security Council of the United Association of Metaphysical Democracies, also known as GNU (God …
The Last Islands in the World (Craig Cormick)
Captain Cook has had another dream. They were cruising northwards, with the engines at half-power, searching for the last island chain pulled up from the ocean by the Great Navigator …
The exit (Jasmin Shenstone)
I tell her I like them. Her drawings. I watch her and when she is finished I pick up the paper by the edges and stick blue-tack to the back …
After the Fire (SJ Finn)
The hut sat untouched, a strange, defiant object against the black landscape. The grass under her feet also. Yes, it was a little parched from the summer sun, but not …
The Sundowner (David Francis)
I decided there’d be no party for my 50th — instead I’d reflect, I’d go on a silent retreat to the monastery in the mountains above Santa Barbara where I’d …
Evergrey (Kirk Marshall)
There is a tree; the squirrels know this. You could professionally train a red-kneed bird-eating spider to locate it by scent, but still the bulbous globe of the huntress would …
Brother (Pseudonymous Jones)
She had lunch with her brother. Halfway through, he said: “Last night I was heating up some hot dogs, and somehow I managed to put the buns in the water …
Heart attack (Leah Kaminsky)
I close my eyes, trying to reach my hand down my throat and grab onto my heart, wrench it out of its cage. Little traitor. It settles in, starts to …