Fiction

Primal Beef

May 1945:   “Jesus!” Chuck bellowed somewhere beyond the ladies’ room door. Moira opened the door a slit, reeling back, a hand over her gasp, trying ...

Re: Moustache

RE: (no subject) To: amylouise@outlook.com From: johnnysundancekid@gmail.com Sent: 03:34am | 1 image attached    Look look look look — Amy. I wan...

GIRL MODEL

We decided to make a pit stop to do a little ketamine before calling the Uber to the club. “Every time you take K, a horse has to go through surgery awake,” ...

The Hayeater

I’m sitting in the Cadillac. The sun is rising over the motel, and just like he said, the steering wheel is ivory. I put his keys in the ignition, then stop to ...

The Scratch

TO DO LIST Clean bathroom Vacuum  Pack  Dismantle bed frame  He stole his roommate’s tools. He had never owned any. He chose a hex key. Wrong s...

Arrow Park

I almost died because I was stupid. Maybe that’s what saved me. I didn’t even react in the right way. I just wanted to smoke. I had spent the morning taking ...

Big Red

Maude is on the 10th floor of an Upper East Side building, and Dr. K. is about to fix her. To get here, she has taken the kind of elevator that doesn’t have but...

Blue Delusion

I’m at Liam’s place, externally zonked out on his polyester couch, but inside, where no one can see, I am a declawed kitty cat, futilely scrambling up the walls...

She’s a Bengal

“So, what did you think of the space?” “I liked it. It was…funky.” “Please, take a seat. Water?”  “No, thanks. I’m good. My, what an interesting lookin...

Exhibit F

The following is an excerpt from the recently incarcerated Myrtle Marks' website: Family Matters    <Note from the prosecution: All links within t...

Pink Flamingos

It was my idea to crack open the last bottle of tequila, the one with no label on it, just the word tequila scrawled across it in red Sharpie. A survivor from s...

Runaway

An Excerpt from Ornery Cuss I. I left in the late morning, after my mom went to work. We'd had an argument before hand and she said things she could n...