Short Fiction
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."
Kings of The Playground
Ivonne Balli: "We wouldn't tell them where we'd been swimming and they couldn't scrub it off. We shone like statues..."
Every Step and Sound Before the Silent Sea
Melissa Gutierrez: "Something about God, a god. A moment where you got it, where you felt it."
Carson Lutzer
Mat Lebowitz: "He wanted to be big and thick and mean and drive a Harley and wear the gang colors..."
With All His Clothes
Allison Field Bell: "Earlier, he had undressed all my Barbies, tangled them together."
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.