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Mississippi

by Ryan Robert Mullen

[ january 04 ]

"Let's go to Panama City because I just got my tax return and I'll either lose my job or won't but let's go because I want to and because nothing can stop me, us. They left for Panama City but ended up in Gulfport, Mississippi."

Christmas Eve

by Susan Buttenwieser

[ december 03 ]

All day George lies by the toilet, throwing up and crying, or sleeping in the darkened bedroom. "Daddy," the small, high voice of Minnie calls out occasionally from the other side of the door. And then he hears his wife, Karen, leading her away.

Fingers

by Robert Davidson

[ december 03 ]

"Standing hands on hips by the A9 he was oblivious of traffic noise. His eyes ranged south and north along the Ross-shire and Sutherland coastline - a rocky escarpment distinct with the quality of edge, it reminded him of Kerry. It had about it a familiar, isolating feel, like a floating island that drifted into his life from time to time bearing different names, Alaska, Libya, Colonsay where he had worked on the new pier."

No better a house

by Kenneth J Harvey

[ december 03 ]

"A man from the government stood in the doorway of Ace Winslow's one-room shack. He had arrived on a silver snowmobile and wore a silver helmet and silver zip-up snowsuit that was peculiar to the area. After introducing himself, he stood silent for a few moments, awaiting conversation that was not forthcoming, then said: 'We'll be building you a new house in the spring.'"

The best of the stupid

by Kieran D'Angelo

[ november 03 ]

"As I mused how pleasant it could be if she'd try to appear even a little less evidently mad, she looked to me to say, 'I love you when you're like that,' she said. 'Wha'?' thought I, 'W-w-what did she mean by this word she used?'"

Spiders

by Sean Dent

[ november 03 ]

"What do spiders ask of me? Nothing. Just some room to lay their traps. They ask that I duck my head from time to time. They request the small indulgence that I do not roll up a newspaper and smack their asses into oblivion."

The panic kit

by Martin Fisher

[ november 03 ]

"I knew that the new patient was comfortable with my looks. It was actually a source of esteem to him that he looked fifteen years younger than I. Therefore, even though he needed my help, he did not feel subordinate. In our society, we place a great deal of importance on looks. This is why I make it a point to keep my modest demeanor, resisting the proddings of my doctor and family to exercise."

A New York story

by David Finkle

[ november 03 ]

"This is one of those wonderful New York stories. It starts in the 1960s, a long time ago in the life of the city, when I was in my twenties and editing a small music business trade magazine."