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Tag Archives: Fiction
A Trip to Town, fiction by Nick Heeb
(originally appeared in Revenge) Stanley Thunder Hawk leaned back into the couch. He had just taken a snort of meth and the kick knocked him back against the torn upholstery. His heart raced and the world sped past, images blurred. … Continue reading
Donkey Lady Bridge, fiction by Misti Rainwater-Lites
There weren’t any prayers or tears left. Stormi was brought up Baptist and that shit was hard to shake. She was too intense and weird and had too many goddamn questions to be a Pinterest mom but her heart was … Continue reading
Salute, fiction by William Trent Pancoast
I sit by a window on this twenty-degree-below-zero morning and think what it was like for my dad and all the other kids in the Ardennes trying to dig foxholes in the frozen rocky ground, with other kids trying to … Continue reading
Muddy Mississippi, fiction by Katie Moore
My Mama always said if it hadn’t been for that first sight of the Mississippi, twisting like a snake below the levy, she never would have laid down in the back of Billy Taylor’s pickup. The way she told it, … Continue reading
Beau John the Younger, fiction by Jim Chandler
Of all the members of the Journal family, none was more eccentric that Beau John, the younger brother of Senator Hogan Journal. "Beau John lives too much in the past." That was a sentiment frequently expressed by many of the … Continue reading
[Dry County] fiction by Ernest Gordon Taulbee
The carnival had come to Howard County more than one or so times everyone said. He himself had been there ten to twelve times, he thinks. Pretty much as long as he had been with the carnival, so not long … Continue reading
Bedwetters, fiction by Misty Skaggs
The screeching and squawking next door stopped and through the evening silence, Charlene heard frogs peeping in the creek. And she heard her favorite rocking chair squeaking a little louder. She felt herself move and bob a little faster in … Continue reading
Hot Ticket, fiction by Larry Thacker
Pretty much every 4 am on a Tuesday found Ed loafing at the Quik Pick #2. He would slow sip coffee and flirt with Elma as much as she’d allow, all the while mindlessly shuffling through layers of tossed scratch … Continue reading
The Gun at the End of the Night, fiction by Paul Heatley
It was Saturday night. The bar was full. Bishop didn’t like it. He didn’t like weekend drinkers. He sat alone at the corner of the counter, nursing a bottle of beer that had gone warm in his hand. A couple … Continue reading
Gratitude, fiction by Ace Boggess
“My breath tastes like coffee and cigarettes,” I said, smacking my tongue against the roof of my mouth in a gesture of disgust. The old man looked at me and grinned, his polished-silver beard a second, wider smile beneath … Continue reading
