The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month. The finalists for May were: Eye of the Beholder by Alicia CoxSwimming by Melanie WinkloskyWhat Remains by Susan HuntThe Visit by Terry GallagherI Grow a Metropolis by Rachel TurneyInheritance by Nathan JonesQuestions for the Woman Crying […]
I snuck a treat from each child’s treat bag. They never noticed. I always took the same from each bag—kept things even. In the spring, I cleaned and decluttered. I found my missing watch, wallet, and keys under the kids’ beds, wrapped in old candy wrappers. Now we’re even. Patrick G. Roland is a writer […]
Marlon got his first timecake for his 40th birthday. He ate a quarter of it, taking him back to 30 again, a good time for him. He wanted the opportunity to rethink a few decisions made in his mid-thirties… particularly those that led to his new family and the timecake. This story came to Robert […]
This morning I find a bunch of Tico kids fishing, probably for trucha [trout], next to the bench I’m sipping my Cafe Britt. One of them asks me why I’m not fishing. I tell him, “I’m thinking.” He says, “Senor, you’d be better off fishing.” The kid might be right. Johannes Springenseiss is a world […]
At the lost-and-found, I asked for my courage. The clerk checked, shrugged: “Claimed by doubt six years ago.” I got back in line, this time for memory. They handed me a photo of a sky I didn’t recognize. I kept it anyway. It looked like something I might’ve believed in. Tomiko Nanashi enjoys tea, handwritten […]
the loneliest satellitefifteen billion miles from homeone eight-track to keep me entertainedand just a simple calculator brainbut I voyage onsending signals and messages backnot knowing how to returnor where this trip is taking mebut I know—I carry something of great importance Mitchell Biggs is a poet based out of the Skagit Valley in Washington State. […]
The kindergartener stares, forgetting to suck on her glazed thumb. “You’re Sarah?” I nod. Why the awe when I’ve just met this sprout and her mother at the park? “Sarah’s the name of her imaginary friend,” Mom apologizes. The child grabs my hand. “Let’s play.” I’ve never felt more real. Sarah E. Morin has published […]
A sassy and sexually charged senior citizen takes a singles trip to New York City, with the hope of catching Husband #6. Image generated with OpenAI The glossy paper pinned to the bulletin board at our public library advertised: “Weeklong Bus Tour to New York City for Single Senior Citizens.” This sounded like the perfect […]
Spring is fading into June, but the tree through my window, after a hearty hibernation, finally stretches its limbs to allow buds to burst from its veins. Its brothers lining the street already loosed their white petals, lining the sidewalk like pollinated snow. My tree waits, awakening alone and spectacular. Dawn Parker earned her Bachelor’s in […]
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