short story

Pac-Man

Ben Wood
It’s your Saturday, so you take the boys to the arcade, and as they get their fill of gore on the Mortal Kombat machine, you notice Pac-Man in the corner, a fla...
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One Loud Dog

Sam Franzini
Bloomberg reported that Rebecca’s ex-husband was going to prison. She came into the office with a big beautiful smile on her face as if nothing happened, but ob...
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White Iverson

Sarp Sozdinler
White Iverson and I shoot hoops in the back of our high school where we met way before White Iverson became White Iverson and grew relatively rich and famous, b...
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PUMKIN

Lee Matthew Goldberg
The desire to leave the city, the pull of the Northern Vermont Countryside, tucked away near the Green Mountains appealed to the Finns. Leaving Boston behind wh...
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Needs

Kevin C. Jones
and she’s lighting up again and now I’ve lost track of how many cigarettes she’s smoked although, really, I wasn’t even counting to begin with, but it seems lik...
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The Singer

Oliver Land
The singer had a skinhead and wore all black. A faded plain t-shirt, Levi 501s, a leather belt, military boots, and leather gloves. His recently shaved head was...
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I Got Fired

J Fallon Daniels
Shitty Monday. It rained and I got stuck in traffic. Pulled into the car park. Took a second to breathe and force the smile on. Three months since Marina and I ...
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Amends

J.J. Poret
Macy’s arm was the first thing I ever stole. Before you get all weirded out, she had a prosthetic arm where the real one used to be. Some people said Macy was b...
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Night People

Jacob Aranyos
People sit silently, minding their own business. The whirl of the coffee grounds pierces the air. I sit in the red, rubber booth, near the window.    ...
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Two Scoops

Brian Rawlins
When the man ran into Applebee's yelling “Help me, help me,” no one got up to help him, and Norman Fletcher just shoveled another spoonful of mashed potatoes in...
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Dadcore

Francisco Manuel Uribe
Annika hasn’t been too happy with how I’ve been dressing lately. She thinks maybe my dad’s disappearance has messed with my sense of style. So early this mornin...
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Good Girl

Shannon Marquette
The internet has an almost tender way of returning things to you. The video surfaces every few months in some new corner of the internet, stripped of context an...
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