Sarabande
Ch’eng Mai lifts the violin from its case and drapes a chamois cloth over her shoulder. The notes ripple and bend like Hangzhou ribbon. She […]
Secrets and Stockings
The security guard didn’t look dead at the time. I know that’s difficult to believe, but I promise it’s not a lie. Even if I’d […]
What I Learned From a Cup and Saucer
My pigtails swung; not from any spring in my step as I made my way to the center aisle of the massive hall, but from […]
Infinite Structure of Ink on Blank Pages of Vibrating Sand
Ambitious creature,I know you from a foreseen road.You would perform imperfectlove ballads as reflected fromgowns of a river swan.Catching prey in glass spider webs,woven from […]
Messengers
They both came back unanswered: my letter to an old friend, the egret in the cattails. Flat, brown-tinged, unstirred water– silent as in past years. […]
Way Out
Ned has been sleeping on the floor. Not the first time. It may be the first time he’s consciously thought of violence. “Oi! Get […]
dreaming golgotha
waited all day for rain,but it never came watched hands reach upthrough the soil of bloodsoaked fields heard the screams of crows could’ve been anywhere,but […]
Contest Results
Thanks to everybody who entered the Fall Flash Fiction Contest. The results are in! 3rd prize goes to Bob Thurber for his flash, “The Hullabaloo“. […]
Vertigo – 1st Prize
I give him my hand. Such a little thing to do and it makes him happy. He melts into the background till only his mouth […]