Diamond by Martin Grise
Diamond by Martin Grise You believe that shit, buddy? That story about raids out on the frontier. Buncha crap. Well, it was better than watchin’ the game on the other screen. Transluminal hasn’t had...
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My First Time Was with the Devil by Frederick K. Foote
My First Time Was with the Devil by Frederick K. Foote My sister Nora was two years older and a super student-athlete in high school. Her best friend, Toshiko Yamasaki, aka Tosh, was another...
Another New Beginning by Gary Ives
Another New Beginning by Gary Ives Louis Delfin It would an understatement to say that Louis Delfin was raised under unusual family circumstances. A transvestite father, an alcoholic Southern Belle mother, each hiding secret lives near...
All Answers Must Include Correct Units by James Rumpel
All Answers Must Include Correct Units by James Rumpel June 21st, 2025 9:36 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time Approximately seventy-five percent of the Earth’s population heard the message live. Every radio, television, and internet-connected...
Pumpkin 2: Carve or Be Carved by Benson Phillip Lott
Pumpkin 2: Carve or Be Carved by Benson Phillip Lott “Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.” “You look beautiful, Ms. Sterling,” Sandra remarks, shutting off her Comfort dryer, spinning her in the chair “Tell...
Munday Morning by Frederick Foote
Munday Morning by Frederick Foote At 6:30 in the morning, it’s already ninety degrees in San Juan, California. This Central Valley town’s facing its thirteenth consecutive one hundred plus degree day. I’m exhausted after...
Ethan Rainwater is Dead by Gary Ives
Ethan Rainwater is Dead by Gary Ives Los Angeles Daily News, 14 March 1925 Obituary Ethan Rainwater 80 yrs. old, a prominent resident of this city and eminent horseman died Sunday evening at his...
After the Rain by Cynthia Robinson Young
After the Rain by Cynthia Robinson Young “Few days following the death of the rats, Men pass away like falling walls.” –Chinese poet Shih Tao February 20 The first thing I noticed was the...
Soccer Blues by Tim Frank
Soccer Blues by Tim Frank One drizzly afternoon, the Rifles, a mid-table Premier league soccer team based in London, were losing by three goals to nil after a limp first-half display against a usually...
Pumpkin by Benson Phillip Lott
Pumpkin by Benson Phillip Lott Raymond stands in the kitchen, clutching a butcher’s knife. He stares at the pumpkin on a wooden board, across from him. Had it really spoken? And how did it...
