“Tired Night” by Sabbir Samdani
The pain was an explosion of red at the base of his skull. His mouth was bitter, like burnt coal. Ernesto Dela Cruz slowly opened his eyes. He had to, he wasn’t dead. Yet . . .
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“Dempsey” by Shayne Youngblood
I am sitting in Row A, Seat 1, dressed in a double-breasted dark oxford gray suit, a plain white shirt, and a dark blue silk tie . . .
Simon’s Cat in Good Company: Atticus, King’s Books (Tacoma, WA)
To celebrate the release of Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet . . . and Other Cat-astrophes, Akashic is featuring some of our favorite bookstore and library cats. Today, meet Atticus, who lives in Tacoma’s King’s Books!
“My Zombie Ex-Girlfriend and Me” by Geoffrey Philp
You might think that she was a monster, but she really wasn’t . . .
“Yes, Just One More Minute” by Amanda Morris
7:30am, Okay; coffee, laundry, then walk . . .
“Fish and Sand, Salton and Sea” by Joseph Mattson
We saw him running. Down, down. From the mountain, across tracks, across highway, State Route 111, Southern California, right there alongside the Salton Sea. Salton Sea. Why is it named so? . . .
“Overheated” by John Jeremiah
I was seventeen in 1965. The “Sally Bumps” gang hung out at Vinny’s Bar. Their main racket was stealing copper from the telephone company . . .
VIDEO: Simon’s Cat releases new film: “Box Clever”
Watch “Box Clever,” a brand-new film from Simon’s Cat, as we count down the days until the release of Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet . . . and Other Cat-astrophes!