“Moby Mick” by BV Lawson
Paul steered the deadrise boat around the shoals, keeping his distance from the shallow Chesapeake waters around the barrier island. Wouldn’t do to get stuck in the muck. Not today.
Tag: short fiction
“The Night Heron” by Simone Kern
Molly wants to swing, so I pick her up and thread her legs through the vinyl harness. I shove her off, and she wheee’s, yawing to one side. It’s higher than I push her with other parents around. But we have the park to ourselves, for now.
“Two Guys Come Through the Door with Guns” by Karen Heuler
Another doorway opens and two more guys come through the door with guns. “What is this?” one guy says.
“This is our room. We’re here to get Ed.” “So are we.”
“Stateline” by Tom Gartner
I’d been in Stateline for four days, trying to find a coke dealer named Daniel Fowler. He was the reason my friend Powell was headed to San Quentin, or so I’d been told.
“Observations on Parenting—Volume II: Infancy & Teething” by Brett Pinsent
If you’re the type of person whose eye twitches when someone bookmarks a page by folding the corner, let your spouse be the one to read to the baby.
“My Girl Rocks” by John Dethloff
Apparently my five year old daughter told her kindergarten teacher that if she ever gets married she’s going to walk down the aisle to AC/DC’s “Hells Bells.”
“Observations on Parenting—Volume I: Pregnancy/Newborn/Infant” by Brett Pinsent
Most men will not read this. Men don’t want to read about other men’s parenting experiences.
“Oh Gifted Children” by Christopher Walker
“Fortunately we got to her in time, you know, before the blaze could spread,” Jessica said.