The Far Turn by Kelly Luce via Printers Row (The Chicago Tribune)
That summer, 1987, it was just me and Donny at the track. The other guys…
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Sardines by Roger Pincus via Sou’wester
He is groggy as he rummages through the pantry, checking behind the cans of asparagus…
Little Birds by Karissa Chen via Le Chat Noir
Little Lara runs across the yard giggling, her hair a brushstroke streak. No. I am…
The Good Word by Yannick Murphy via One Story
On vacation we met a German. He wanted to go south to the ocean for…
The Manly Man’s Guide to Virtue by Joseph O’Malley via Glimmer Train
Almost everyone was dead, and Joe was lost. Two lovers dead—one of AIDS, the other…
Skitter by Anca Szilágyi via The Massachusetts Review
Another tooth plinked into the tea glass and Harush blinked at it twice. “Again?” cried…
The Death of Jacob Delaney by Jon Sealy via South Dakota Review
The image of frozen cattle would stay with David Weatherall long after the shock of…
The Alligators’ Gods by Micah Dean Hicks via Indiana Review
They met on a Friday after work, the three men in their fifties. Mitch, the…
We Were in The City by Brenda Peynado via Threepenny Review
Our second day back in town, we forage in Josh’s family’s old barns for salvageable…
Court by Susan Steinberg via American Short Fiction
There’s me in my car and my car plays a song. There’s the ten over…
