Short Fiction
FICTION: Suzanne Dottino’s “Ice-Land”
A pollo says, “Red and green baby, you have to use red and green gumdrops. It’s Christmas!” I look down at the double row of purple [...]
“Polly Swims”
An eerie new short story from Mathew Lebowitz portrays a futuristic experiment run amok.
Double Nickel
This is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel titled “Further from Home," set largely in an imaginary Long Island high school. D an’s been watching Larry [...]
Glass Elevator
In new fiction by Alice Stephens, Dot's elevator ride turns into something entirely different, and menacing.
Buona Sera, Uncle Ray (Rosebud, New Jersey, 1969)
U ncle Ray! Uncle Ray! The Bonaventura brothers, Louie and Tony, ages nine and seven, abandon play, leave their friend Dave in his neighboring yard, drop [...]
The Detained
T he prison door opened, soaking the gray cell with bright fluorescence. Jean stiffened against the thin mattress, its coils pressing across his back. Several guards [...]
The Tour Pro
Peter Vilbig: "I'm an 8 percenter (which used to be called Middle Caste). Forget the Starvelings, the Subalterns, the Substratas..."
Jimmy, an excerpt
Bonnie Altucher: "Had he shot himself up in her bathroom? And then tidied up? Or taken a sponge bath?"
The Last Stand of Ms. Betty J. Washington
Jenna Leigh Evans: "The landlord claims I can't have anybody living with me, even though that's illegal. Plain illegal. Are you listening?"
The Sheer Impossibility of Nothingness
Joseph Patrick Pascale: "Imagine yourself sitting in your living room. Now take away the universe that exists outside the room."
Animal Mother
Alexander Slotnick: "Zack brought home a rabbit and said, 'Mommy turned into a bunny today.'"
St. Nick’s Bar & Grill
Connor Crawford: "Dale and his father really fought, and they fought for a long time. Punches. Kicks. Words. Howls."
Fiction Editor
David Winner
David Winner is the magazine’s Fiction Editor. Any short story submissions should be referred to him using the contact box on the home page.