Imagining Matanzas by Alicita Rodríguez
Matanzas is called Matanzas because of the Matanzas. I’m not being flip. The first killings took place when Cuban fishermen upset the boats on which they were ferrying armor-heavy Spaniards across the river.
Slap & Royalty by Eric Rugara
The woman strode into the room. She was followed by many men—her supporters. On tall heels, she strode across the room.
Time Without Number by Robert Lopez
Sam told us it was a free for all and we believed him. We always believed what Sam told us and this business with the free for all was no different.
Initiation by Stuart Dybek
The doors snap open on Addison, and the kid in dirty hightops and a sleeveless denim jacket that shows off a blue pitchfork tattooed on his bicep jogs forward beneath a backward baseball cap and grabs the purse off a babushka’s lap.
Hermit & Bleeding Faucet by Ana María Shua
With the population now well aware of the physical and mental benefits of asceticism (low cholesterol, bradycardia, a delicate sense of happiness, spiritual fulfillment), everyone wants to become a hermit.