A Short Story By Rawlins McKinney Seated next to her twin sister on a banquette at the Magnolia Grille, Mary Willie casually, almost flippantly, dropped the name of her latest married lover. They were celebrating their sixty-eighth birthday. Flossie did not appear to...
by ryan sparks Bailey sat in the booth across from me, smoking an Ultra Light that was pointed towards the sloping ceiling above us. We were sitting in Ray’s Place underneath the stairs in the early afternoon. This is the only sane time to approach Ray’s,...
by Gabriella Herkert What was I thinking? I should never have left my husband alone with the kids for two whole days. A forty-seven year old, Harvard-educated engineer couldn’t hope to hold his own against an eight-year old boy and six year old girl. Especially...
by alan c. baird H…O…L…L…Y…W…O…O…D… Up in the warm hills, nine billboard-sized letters appear to be a bit out of line, as usual. Although the familiar white sign is noticeably run-down, it’s still the proud...
by susan jane Ken and I sat in the back of the room, in the very last row of chairs. He had one hand on my thigh, and another rested limp in his lap. The din of weeping and wet voices was a constant barrage on the senses, punctuated now and then by an anguished wail....
