Proto-Flash Fiction From Ancient Summer
The Everyday Loves and Beauty of Inanna—Found in 4,000 year-old Clay Tablets
Contest Winner 2015
Our 2015 Contest Winning story is “Fun and Wonderful Toy” by Joseph Young She was about to come—eyes back, knees up, chin toward the ceiling—when he heard it. “Shhh!” he said. He put his palm across her teeth. From the wooden steps, the sound of it...
Penultimate by D.R. Wagner
I’ve got this house in the desert. They won’t find us there. You can wear a rose in your hair. Tomorrow is close, still small, still inert.
Welcome to Zan Xlemente, Zalifornia by Michael Shay
My daughter M went to a nuthouse in San Clemente and all I got was this lousy metal keychain with CALIFORNIA writ large the blue of the sea under a gold-and-orange/red sun.
Basic Rules for Party People by Margaret Spilman
The trick is finding who to be like. It’s a natural inclination to admire those loud, flinging their arms up types, those who like how their own voice tastes.