Through Windows

Through Windows by Michael Owen Fisher 6 FEB 2009 Iain is washing up when a light comes on across the quadrangle. He sees a smudge of movement in the window opposite him and reaches for his glasses. A young woman is clasping a towel to her chest. Iain drops to the floor, scurries on all fours across the...

Collide

Collide By Kate Lu When Liam propped himself up on one elbow and said, “Ellie, I think it’s about time I met your parents,” I knew I was in trouble. It had been midmorning last Saturday, and like every other Saturday morning that we’d spent together for as long as we had been dating, Liam and...

Missionary Position

Missionary Position  By John Wesick   “You want something, Mr. Terry?” The braless Indian girl moved closer to the table, and the corner lifted the hemline of her tattered, silver dress even higher. “A line for me and my amigo.” Terry placed a few ten-thousand-peso notes on the table and slid them...

The Shredding

  By Myron Hardy There were three visiting hours left. My sister dropped me off at the house and turned right back in the direction of the hospital, and I wondered if Dad had wanted me to stay the whole time.  It was hard for him to stay awake for us. He needed rest, to heal, but those were my...

Splitting Lanes

by Dylan Tanous At two in the afternoon, Ford Levy found himself at the top of a pair of brick steps outside of Perry Goldstone’s home on North Rexford Drive. Waiting in the wake of the chiming doorbell, he craned his neck and peered past the glass panel: sexless, sterilized, and manicured to the point of...

The Limit

Part II (Click here for Part I) by J. Scott Hardin Aaron stared at the receiver in disbelief.  She was so irrational, there was almost no dealing with it.  Still, he had to.  He had resolved that he would stand by his son, no matter the price So he noticed that on the ground by his feet, the package had...