Manic Depressive Dream Girl

Naadeyah HaseebApril 1, 2015

'Manic Depressive Dream Girl' is now a book! It can be purchased here: http://www.maudlinhousepress.com/books/manic-depressive-dream-girl     Manic...

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Murder and Ice Cream

Joshua Lorenzo NewettApril 1, 2015

Murder and Ice Cream   Four men lay dead or dying in the middle of a coniferous forest at the base of the Alps, blood running from their gaping wound...

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Twisting The Moon

W.T. PatersonMarch 1, 2015

Twisting The Moon        It happened just before our parents were born, back when the days were only 20 hours long. A man sa...

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Popo & Ix

Elizeya QuateMarch 1, 2015

Popo & Ix   To I. Cross & the Other Communists.   The semester after Cynthia Tsang and I split up I had what some would call a little ne...

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Filter From the End of the World

Mark FlehmerFebruary 1, 2015

Filter From the End of the World   An alert came in on my cell phone through a text message from the US Government.   “The earth will explod...

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The Amazing Vanishing Girls

Stuart SnelsonFebruary 1, 2015

The Amazing Vanishing Girls   Alone in rooms they dwindled.   They had met online. Skinny inclinations had drawn them together. Young girls,...

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Cloudberry

Sam PickettJanuary 1, 2015

Cloudberry   The room is dimly lit, within its depths, a baby whimpers atop a nest of human skulls.   Flash.   This macabre tableaux is c...

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Shadow of a Man

Eric LutzJanuary 1, 2015

Shadow of a Man   When she wakes in the middle of the night, she sees the tall shadow of a man stretched across the door. Her eyes are blurry and unadjus...

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Leadership Camp

Star SpiderJanuary 1, 2015

Leadership Camp   “Where’s your girlfriend Joe?” Marlene asked.   “She got bit…I left her. I left her…” Joe put his hands on his knees and his hea...

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Forty-Five

Vanessa EcclesDecember 1, 2014

Forty-Five     My demons stare back at me through the reflection of my son’s eyes and at the blowing end of a .45.   I watch my ten-year-old’s...

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Funeral for a Friend

Oumar MussaDecember 1, 2014

Funeral for a Friend Muttering a frustrated slew of curses under his breath, Mo was going through his sixth attempt to fasten a Windsor knot around his shirt...

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CYBERCHONDRIA

Anna FoleyDecember 1, 2014

CYBERCHONDRIA   Steven banged into the computer keyboard, he had his handwritten list of medical conditions beside the screen to remind him of all the ...

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The Workplace

Cameron YowDecember 1, 2014

The Workplace Some say I am a people person. None are/ have been/will be my co-workers. I find myself too readily annoyed by my co-workers who are not just ec...

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Izmir Adventures

Brad Mount LueDecember 1, 2014

Izmir Adventures Standing in Izmir, the chaotic coastal city of Turkey, I felt the cool September breeze blowing in from the distant Aegean Sea. Cooler than ...

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Refuse

Joshua BertettaNovember 5, 2014

Refuse   “Dude, that’s disgusting.” “What do you know? I’ve been trying to get your attention for thirty years and look at you now.” “So?” “...

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The Young Lady’s Guide To Improvisational Corpse Disposal

Matthew LyonsNovember 5, 2014

The Young Lady's Guide To Improvisational Corpse Disposal   "Hit him again." I don't want to hit him again. "J'you hear me?  Said hit him again.  Or do...

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When I Punched God

Daniel ThompsonNovember 5, 2014

When I Punched God   Just before I punched the guy’s face, I paused. He had removed his Cowboys football jersey and his entire chest was tattooed. Th...

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Getting Blunted at the Family Barbecue

Matthew DexterOctober 2, 2014

Getting Blunted at the Family Barbecue   Hot urine stung my eyes as they pumped their Super Soakers. Bumblebees buzzed through cold chlorine from th...

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You’re Too Wonderful To Die

Naadeyah HaseebOctober 2, 2014

You’re Too Wonderful to Die     I've recently become aware of the fact that I no longer hate the number nine. That is sort of weird to think abou...

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Stealing For Good Reason

Samuel VargoOctober 2, 2014

Stealing For Good Reason   “You’ll never have a nice bike like this one. Your Mom’s on welfare. I betch’a don’t even know who your Daddy is. You’re garba...

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How I Ended Up Here

Russ BickerstaffOctober 2, 2014

How I Ended Up Here   I found the sleek, black briefcase on the bus. There was no one else on the bus when I boarded. No one got off as I got on. There w...

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Speak

Mark McKeeOctober 2, 2014

Speak   On the first day they brought it home from the hospital, the mother said she was going to the kitchen to get some formula and would he, the fathe...

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The Nature of Death

William AlfredSeptember 1, 2014

The Nature of Death   It was an early, crisp autumn morning. The strong oak trees were colored brilliant hues of orange, red, and yellow; their leaves li...

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Henry and Hannah

Lisa de NikolitsSeptember 1, 2014

Henry and Hannah   Someone is talking too loudly. I turn off my music and look across the aisle, wanting to glare down the source of my irritation. I’m o...

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Lights: Late Night Imaginings in America’s Midwest

Sheri Chinen BiesenSeptember 1, 2014

LIGHTS Late Night Imaginings in America’s Midwest   I was startled by the pounding. It had to be two in the morning. And it was damn cold. The bars cast...

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