The Machinist by Dennis Stein
Just a couple more steps and he would be in the perfect spot. The spotlights on the machine shone through the rain [...]
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Short Fiction and Poetry
Hidebound; Wax Fruit by Michael Igoe
These darkened bones
of half broken horses.
Arguing at a gallop
soon they became
drenched in lather [...]
Mary Parker by Eileen Patterson
Luke Russell held the rock in his hand. He didn’t know why he picked up the rock; he just had a need to hold it [...]
Smoke by Monique Berkin
My thoughts swirl and collide, then rip apart, lost to me. Time has no meaning, and I drift trapped [...]
What Home Do You Leave?; Why Do I Suddenly Feel Free Of Panic? by Ace Boggess
City that held me in its undercurrents:
drug deals, bars at night, bands
that came & went like minor crimes [...]
Crystalgia (In Stranger Steps) by Basiliké Pappa
The drizzle had no idea how to take the next step and burst into rain. A leaf the color of autumn drifted [...]
Gracie; Falling Out by Ceinwen E Cariad Haydon
for the first time in ages
I welcome the warm weight
of a small child on my lap
the nape of her neck
beneath her silken hairline [...]
Crow; Demolition by Susan Richardson
It began with a samba in my chest,
a crow beating its wings
in furious tempo against my rib bones [...]
The Deer by Diana Coombes
My ex-wife had rung me ten times in as many minutes. I couldn’t explain; she wouldn’t give me the chance [...]
The Quiet One by Debra Zannelli
I’m the quiet one. The one they, whoever they are, tell you to look out for. They’re right. [...]
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