Sand – Part Three
Serial Fiction Madeline and I have been friends since middle school, sometimes more and sometimes less. After my discharge, I spent more than a few months drifting around Chicago, getting drunk when I felt...
Tagged: new fiction
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part One: The Baker 2
Serial Fiction Reality was incarnated into a modern black and white photograph. A wrinkled old man holding a cigarette, wavy gray hair, thoughtful eyes. Wearing the same shoes for the past ten years. The...
The Human Comedy: Thankskidding
Short Story Miss Trabamentes’ second grade students filed into the classroom like vegan zombies. Thanksgiving Break had stuffed them full, and all they wanted was to rest their heads on their desks and dream about...
Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part Six
Short Story Jennifer slammed her car into park, causing the entire frame to rock like a boat on the ocean. Yanking her keys out, she shoved open the door, locked it as she got...
The Red Butterfly, Part Two – El Banderillero
Short Story I sat on a stool at the zinc bar in a tablao on Calle Cañizares with a roja, small plates of tapas–consisting of lomo de cerdo embuchado, jamon serrano–and some olives; I waited...
Lachlan – Part Three
Short Story So the next evening in the shed, Henry asked Lachlan what he wanted. “I want you to stop being Spineless.” “What do you mean?” “You’re pathetic. You swallow your rage.” “I don’t...
An Imperfect Beginning
Short Story “It’s never how you imagine it.” At least that’s what they always used to say to me. Now they don’t say much of anything at all, they just stare. I can...
Recordings of Gianna’s Family: Part Five – Gianna/Stacy
May 26th, 2015. Kitchen. [crying, long-lasting] So that’s it. I’m done. I got the number. [pause] Maybe a year. It’s not what the doctor gave me, but it’s what I’m giving myself. People have...
