March 9, 2024
By the Light of the Moon Part 1 - image of moon on sunrise background – mixer
Published by Peter J. Barbour at March 9, 2024
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By the Light of the Moon, Part 1

I turned to Gator. “Over there.” Gator and Ellen leaned closer. They must not have heard me. I nodded in the direction of the middle of the dance floor. Gator scratched his chin. Ellen scrunched up her forehead and squinted, unsure of what I was trying to communicate. But she turned slowly following my gesture. We saw her standing there.
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February 26, 2024
like father like son - image of raccoon in grass with text: like father like son, fiction, Michael Fowler
Published by Michael Fowler at February 26, 2024
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Like Father, Like Son

The social worker in the office asked me how long I’d been homeless. I told him for two or three days. That was how long it had taken me to feel destitute on the street and seek help. His next question: Any relation to the man of the same name already in residence at the shelter? Can it be? I wondered.
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February 21, 2024
at the red door - bar - meet-cute
Published by Melissa Juchniewicz at February 21, 2024
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At the Red Door

He’d pretty much decided he was going to enlist, thinking the navy would be better than just getting drafted and sent to who knows where in Vietnam. Will knew how to act in a bar because he’d gone with his older brother John to St. Jean’s Social Club many times; he knew you just keep to yourself or shout “yeah right” in reply to a joke or to deflect an insult.
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January 26, 2024
Emma's place - Amelia Stone - student hall at university
Published by Gary McCallum at January 26, 2024
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Emma’s Place, Part 2

At the front desk I asked the concierge if she had seen Amelia. The concierge furrowed her brow and narrowed her eyes. “Amelia? Amelia? I don’t recall anyone named Amelia.” The concierge must have been new, to not know Amelia, although I could have sworn she was an old hand. “What’s the full name?”
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January 23, 2024
outside view of a university with green lawn and blue sky - Emma's place, part 1
Published by Gary McCallum at January 23, 2024
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Emma’s Place, Part 1

On my way, I thought I heard them talking about me. As I neared the table they stopped talking. Zoey looked guilty. Zoey always looked guilty. When I sat down they stared at me with – oh, I don’t know – sorrow, pity: something like that. In response I opened my hands palms up, and said, “What?” as I looked from one to the other.
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January 17, 2024
Short story cover image - cave in the forest, text reads: anatomy of memory part 2 - fiction - Urmi Chakravorty
Published by Urmi Chakravorty at January 17, 2024
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Anatomy of a Memory, Part 2

But the highlight of the event was the momentous meeting between Luna Lyngdoh and Meban Tsangpa, a Samanera or novice monk. A woke, computer-trained graduate, he had been inducted into the monastery as a trainee. He followed many of the cardinal religious precepts but had not yet attained higher ordination which would make him a Bhikkhu or a full-fledged monk. 
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January 16, 2024
wooded trail surrounded by trees - text on cover reads Anatomy of a Memory Part 1 - fiction - Urmi Chakravorty
Published by Urmi Chakravorty at January 16, 2024
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The Anatomy of a Memory, Part 1

Meghalaya in monsoon — the perfect time to explore and embrace the beauty of the Sacred Woods. Luna smiled to herself as she recalled this much-loved refrain from her days of childhood and youth. She walked past the moss-slickened stones, boulders flecked with the chartreuse lichen, stopping to admire the white coral mushrooms that were so famous here.
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January 13, 2024
Late at night - you wanted money - lit match on fiction story cover
Published by Ammanda Selethia Moore at January 13, 2024
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The Night You Wanted Money

I couldn’t understand why you kept calling our parents, the phone ringing repeatedly before Dad silenced it. “He wants money,” Dad whispered knowingly to Mom. I was too young to understand that you’d done this all before: drunk texts and calls, expectations of payment, always late at night.
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December 24, 2023
Twas the night before Christmas when Santa arrived... - poetry cover with orb on front, snow in background, storefront window
Published by Sue Cook at December 24, 2023
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at The Black Orb

Mrs. Santa settled in a comfy tea chair. Arranged her red dress and tidied her hair. “Tell Mrs. Santa what you want to receive. I will make sure Santa knows to put it on the sleigh before he leaves.”
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