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Frigidaire

Frigidaire

by | Feb 27, 2023 | P, Paul Lewellan, Short Story

Graham and Shirley Willard spent Spring Break in Austin, Texas, at the U with their twins. Chelsie was starring as Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Winsor. The play’s director re-envisioned the town of Winsor as Mayberry with small boys, fishing poles, and three...
Come Sing It Plain

Come Sing It Plain

by | Feb 19, 2023 | D, Dave Swan, Short Story

I knew it was Mama’s doing the moment they kicked in the door. Two of them, stinking of whiskey and weed, one in a Cataula High football jersey like my cousin. They pinned me to the wall and stomped on my phone before going through my house breaking and wrecking all...
The Ice Man

The Ice Man

by | Feb 12, 2023 | G, Gary Beck, Short Story

Christopher Herter guessed it was a typical early December lunchtime crowd at the Bryant Park ice skating rink, mostly tourists, shoppers, and the occasional nearby office escapee. He waited with the others behind the rail for the Zamboni to complete its last circuit...
A Private Investigator’s Best Friend

A Private Investigator’s Best Friend

by | Feb 4, 2023 | G, Grant Butler, Short Story

It was another typical boring stakeout. The night air was still. The weather was clear, and the neighborhood was beyond ordinary. It wasn’t that no one who lived here ever did anything on the wild side. It’s just that if they did, they usually went somewhere else for...