Fiction
Spotlight on…
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"Oran, City of Stone"
by Peter Newall
“Oran, city of stone, stony-hearted city, we were born here, we made you what you are, but now you don’t want us any more. Which means you’re not Oran any more. Well, fuck it, as Luc would have said.”
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"The First Star at Twilight"
by Sophia Krich-Brinton
“Then I saw him, like the first star at twilight.”
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"I Dreamed a Lifetime"
by J.D. Lewis
“My last breath escaped and was engulfed by the fire of your aurora. And all was light.”
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"The Regular Reasons"
by James Callan
“I watch them from behind the bar—the regulars with their regular antics. Some of them call me the mixologist, others, the bartender. Most of them call me Frank.”
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"Mrs. True Love"
by Cam Mackie
“The man stared at Marcy Love. His name was Peter Lewis, not of Lewis & Clark & Builder & Miller & Sons fame (that was a coincidence), but a clerk from two floors up—and he was in love with her.”
Obituary for the Invincible Man
by Wyatt Robinette
“Of course, he had haters. They commented things like: “Jump off a bridge,” “take a bullet,” and “get run over by a bus. It didn’t take long for one of their wishes to come true. Two months after the bridge collapsed, Fogel was hit by a truck.”
Drinking Whiskey in the Backyard
by Joe Kilgore
“I’m sitting here with a tumbler of Maker’s Mark in my left hand and a Colt Single Action Army Peacemaker in my right. The glass of Kentucky straight bourbon feels particularly comfortable.”
The First Star at Twilight
by Sophia Krich-Brinton
“Then I saw him, like the first star at twilight.”
The Regular Reasons
by James Callan
“I watch them from behind the bar—the regulars with their regular antics. Some of them call me the mixologist, others, the bartender. Most of them call me Frank.”
The Bravest Fly
by Lindsay Comer
“Spider-spider, please tell my family… I was the bravest fly.”
The Scent of Orange Juice
by Swetha Amit
“Before the arguments and silence intruded into our home, making orange juice was a ritual that kept us connected.”