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The old man and the mosquito

by Sean Croft

[ april 13 ]

"One thing that the mosquito didn’t realize, but which had great bearing on her life and pretty much the lives of mosquitos everywhere, was that she had no one."

Summer’s Day

by Eric Bonholtzer

[ april 13 ]

"Summer was burning the ashes, watching intently as every trace of her boyfriend’s favorite blue shirt disappeared into the smoldering fire of burning leaves."

The star shaped scar

by Alan McCormick

[ april 13 ]

"A burial at sea is a terrible thing, the most desolate, dismal experience imaginable; I’ve only just stopped shaking."

The man in the field

by Michael Carter

[ february 13 ]

“A man arrives with two kids, broadcasting his upper class by dress, demeanour and that particular kind of hair native to the toff that seems to have descended with spaniels from a common ancestor but tripped into a separate genetic fork, floppy, unostentatious, thick and glossily neutral.”

A man with a Tyrolean hat

by Mariusz Stankiewicz

[ january 13 ]

“I’m desecrating an icon, but I’m still a believer, you know. Don’t ask me why, but it’s getting easier to do such things these days.” He took an erratic puff of his cigarette. “I mean, going to church doesn’t put bread on the table, you know.”

Are orbits free?

by Nicole Borgenicht

[ january 13 ]

"Lila smiles and begins peeling her orange. 'I wonder what the world would be like if orbits changed, and we could see all the stars and planets every day and evening.'”

The idiot birds

by Ray Nayler

[ december 12 ]

"The foreigners smiled as the driver introduced him. He shook their hands, but dumped their names out of his mind immediately upon hearing them, even the name of the woman."

And Andrea

by David Whelan

[ december 12 ]

“I ignored her, or tried to, but it’s hard to ignore anything at the moment, even though Psych Sue tells me that ignoring things, the little buzzwords between the slogans and images, is the first step to recovery.”