Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne I lie on a queen mattress covered in red peonies in a darkened room, looking up at the still ceiling fan. I can make out three …
Meanwhile, on the Train (khulud khamis)
July 2014 Raya stands by the open window, slowly brushing her long hair. It’s Thursday evening, and she watches people rushing about; she sees soldiers — children, really — hurrying with their …
Gross National Happiness (David Thomas Henry Wright)
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) The plane takes off, confirming the entire row of seats is yours. All yours. Closest you’ll come to owning property. …
The Motel No Vacancy (Fiona Hardy)
I moved across from the hotel when I was seven years old and my mother gave me to her parents, like a late Christmas present, just before the New Year. …
1,000 (Robin Gow)
I’ve done the math. 884 is the number of masses I attended between when I was born & when I was 17. If you think about holy days that’s at …
Stories Uncovered, Stories Untold (Wendy Chen)
Edited by Ramon Loyola Wenzhou, China — January 2017 Ye Ye, my paternal grandfather, sits silently in the living room, seemingly weighed down by multiple layers of thick jackets, wool and …
THE BUILDING BLOCK BOY (Joe Davies)
The room was large, high-ceilinged and poorly lit. There was a lamp on the desk and another beside the mattress in the corner, both were on, but the light they …
The Butcher in the Moonlight (Indigo Perry)
(Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) The Butcher in the Moonlight It’s that time, long after midnight, long before morning, when it’s hard to wake the ones who sleep. Her little sister …
Simone Says (Emily Barber)
I wake naked in an empty bed. ‘Reuben?’ I call, but there’s no response. Anxious all of a sudden, I pull on knickers and a camisole and pad down the …
My Father’s Shopping List (Mark O’Flynn)
The trouble with having a doctor for a father is that you are brought up calling a spade a spade. Or more accurately a spatula a spatula, a scalpel a …