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Fiction

The escapist’s corner

Fiction

The Dealer

Kenneth M. Kapp -
Col. Grigori Aleksandro Aleksandrovich, Retd. claimed his own labeled vodka was radical-free, and one would never wake with a headache in the morning if...
Fiction

Bhagwan Ji

Chirodip Naha -
All of them sat in a corner of Sashi Master’s living room as it rained heavily outside. In his modest house, the living room...
Fiction and Poetry

Moros and Cassandra

S. N. Ara -
Moros’ corporeal form is an awkward tangle of too-long limbs and too-narrow hips, neither of which ease his drive through the congested streets of...
Fiction and Poetry

The Beckoning Reeds

David Partington -
On a dismal autumn afternoon, Eleanor Lytton made her way along a narrow boardwalk through the reeds and cattails of a desolate marsh. Leaves...
Fiction

The Trump Bobblehead

Mark Tulin -
Finding a place to live in Philly on a part-time income took much work. And at one point, I told my best friend, Bryan,...
Fiction

The clock’s ticking, Karl

Felix Anker -
‘Twas one of those days one starts by referring to the old self with numbers and using the word ‘twas. Well, I wasn’t sure...
Fiction

Expecting

Maureen D. Hall -
How long did it take to know a person? Two years? Six? She'd been married to John five years, but sometimes she felt she...
Fiction

Jacks

Kaitlin Roberts -
In bed, a few weeks before Christmas, my boyfriend is scrolling through his phone after sex, looking for something to put in his cart....
Fiction

Seasons

Tanmay Pandya -
“The changing of personalities, the unconscious smiles, the problematic views.”
Fiction

Control

Armaan Verma -
“His ship has gone down on this occasion, as it has many times before, but he knows he will sail again and the same sea will be waiting to engulf him tomorrow.”
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