“Pocket Dogs” by Juliet Johnson
The kids and I dash across town to library story time . . .
Category: Original Fiction
“A Monday in Rishikesh” by William J. Jackson
I never relaxed during the week I spent in Rishikesh . . .
“Royals Flushed” by Howard Gimple
Kelleher piloted the small motorboat out of Mullaghmore’s famous stone harbor to establish an alibi. McMahon and McGirl, the IRA men, sat stiffly in the back . . .
“Trenton Makes, The World Takes” by Bruce Harris
Here I am, ten minutes after five in the a.m., standing on Fowler Street, one of Trenton’s meanest, a shit-eating grin on my face. How did I get here? It’s like this . . .
“The Stranger Outside the Shop” by Aaron Fox-Lerner
Right when I thought things were getting better, the stranger showed up . . .
“Iphigenia” by Peter R. Bryant
January in the North Country—the dark comes on quick. In the moonrise, the skeletal branches of the birch trees throw thin shadows on the glowing blue snow . . .
“The Adventures of JR” by Kimisha Thompson-Hitchins
JR was a precocious boy who loved to watch TV . . .
“Dopo L’Esplosione” by Geoffrey Thomas
It’s three in the morning, the orange sulfur lamps bleach the black sky, and for a moment I think it’s the sun rising over the skyline, but then the darkness recedes back into my vision. It’s always night here; this place never sleeps . . .