Short Fiction
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."
The Fairly Good Policeman
David Winner: "I'm so utterly feminine. I used to be a sexless sort of person... Now I've changed."
Fricassee
Jon Roemer: "Rioting heroes versus stuffed shirts. The line is full of static, but he's pissed and on a roll."
Some Flak about Chelsea Burns
Jacqueline Raphael: "I drew in words a vivid picture of Chelsea Burns. I conjured the communal swooning in the gym..."
My Life of Crime
Tyler C Gore: "Like Sisyphus trudging down the hill for his rock, the Domino's guy returned to his truck..."
Pratfalls and irony
Abby Frucht: "There were four of us judges, and once we'd introduced ourselves, we named our top three picks…"
Immaculate Conception
William Luvaas: "They used to teach right from wrong. Now it's all gay marriage and what not."
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.