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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July 14, 2023
Utterance - therapist office - short fiction story cover
Published by Saeed Tavakkol at July 14, 2023
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Utterance

Each therapist has his own techniques. The more experienced ones don’t talk much. You may talk for an hour and all he does is listen. When he feels you cannot express your emotions, he asks a simple question to get you back on track, a question you could have asked yourself but didn’t. And then he keeps quiet and listens again. 
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June 2, 2023
couple on a farm
Published by Nicole Negron at June 2, 2023
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A Dream

On the first night, Nicole stood by the kitchen window washing the last of the dishes, procrastinating. The expanse before her was dark but for star- and moonlight bouncing off the fields. It was one of the most beautiful things Nicole had ever seen. Just as she thought, maybe the dark here isn’t so bad, the tiniest, almost imperceptible dust up at the side of the house caught her attention. Nicole felt her face warm, and her throat tighten.
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September 9, 2022
foggy tree lined creek
Published by Tim Schell at September 9, 2022
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Murderer’s Creek

Charlie had been in Vietnam as had Drake. Charlie worked as a cook in the army and Drake operated heavy equipment, so neither of them were ever in real combat, although both had hunkered down at night when there was incoming. Back in the states when they were neighbors, Drake was a road paver for the city of Beaverton, and Charlie had a mobile sawmill, so they had a common blue-collar argot, and this could make them friends…
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August 27, 2021
Fiction awaits: a woman hiking a trail through the wilderness – The Wilderness Between Us Part 1
Published by Dana Reeves at August 27, 2021
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The Wilderness Between Us – Pt. 1

It hadn’t been one of her better decisions. In fact, when she looked back over her life, contemplating all of the decision-making she had done thus far in her twenty-nine years, this one teetered on insanity. Or, perhaps that was doing it a disservice. Completely irrational, utterly insane, and most likely going to leave her with scars seemed to suit it better.
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