Tag Archives: Fiction

Tenth Frame Spare, fiction by Timothy Gager

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Rusty

Ben­ji watched Kevin scratch his crotch with his left hand while he poked his meaty fin­gers into a 16-pound bowl­ing ball with his right. The semes­ter had just begun and the place was packed. “So how do I look?” he … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Ringlets, fiction by Jim Parks

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Rusty

Rosalie's hair is glossy and black, as glossy and black as a raven's wing. It hangs down over her sun-bronzed shoul­ders and back in ringlets she makes with a curl­ing iron. She reach­es up and back to grasp a sheaf of these … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Blitz, fiction by Caroline Kepnes

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Rusty

It was snow­ing pret­ty hard and I was dri­ving with one eye open. Not anoth­er car in sight, I nev­er could under­stand how a per­son lives in a place where oth­er cars are up on you all the time. I … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Glorious Fit, fiction by Ray Norsworthy

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Rusty

Novem­ber 1, 1961: Gib­by is in the hayloft of the barn look­ing at the pages he tore out of the Sears and Roe­buck cat­a­logue. This morn­ing when he was look­ing at the Christ­mas toys and mak­ing a wish list, Eli showed … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Chickens, fiction by Jim Nichols

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Rusty

Arnold walked up the new­­ly-plowed dirt road, feel­ing the brit­tle cold on his face, look­ing ahead at the cross­ing framed by high, clean snow banks. He knew that a week was prob­a­bly not long enough to stay away, but he … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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