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Tag Archives: Fiction
Vietnam. Fucking Vietnam, fiction by William Trent Pancoast
The darkness started on my lunch break at the fender factory. I went out by myself that day, late in February with snow on the ground, yet with full sunshine, the sort of day that promises something but you know … Continue reading
A Hard Thing, But True, fiction by Amanda Bales
Bras covered the back of the car. They draped over the seats and wrapped over the seat belts and hung from the door handles and carpeted the floor, as if a band of horny teenagers had taken the Buick for … Continue reading
Wild and Wonderful, fiction by Tom Bennitt
You need good hands to run a machine like the continuous miner. You got to know when to hold back and when to go deep. It’s the best-paying job in the mine but also the hardest, and I’m out of … Continue reading
Jaguar for Sale by Misti Rainwater-Lites
He fucked her hard from 11:11 p.m. to 12:17 a.m. It was the damn Viagra. After he came on her tits he rolled over, fell asleep, snored like a goddamn blizzard or tornado or old school wooden roller coaster. He … Continue reading
THE FINAL VICTORY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN BELL HOOD, CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, fiction by Thom Bassett
He kept the canvas tourniquet strap Canklin used to amputate his right leg at Chickamauga beneath the mattress of the twins’ crib. Anna saw him at night, leaning on the crutch, kept from his days of command, his right hand … Continue reading
Christmas with Nola, fiction by Joey Dean Hale
Greg had been seeing Nola for over a year and a half and he was pretty sure he loved her. At least it felt like love with all the crazy sex and good times. They were both twenty and friends … Continue reading
Marshmallows, fiction by Jacob Knabb
It all started like this. We were in the kitchen microwaving marshmallows, watching ‘em grow into big lumpy blobs before they exploded, when Jeannie-Gaye came home. We were nuking marshmallows because we had already run out of grapes. Grapes were … Continue reading
The Burial of the Dead, fiction by Murray Dunlap
They shaved his beard for the funeral. I can’t begin to understand why. Who told them to do it? He looked like pink-cheeked drag queen. But the funniest thing was watching my brothers squirm in that front pew. The four … Continue reading
Estuary, fiction by Caroline Kepnes
It was a bad idea, smoking up in the parking lot before going in, but it was too late now so Laura took another hit. Women were such suckers. In Laura’s next life, she’d invent Bath & Body Works and … Continue reading
The Yellow World, fiction by Wesley Browne
When my fingers came off, I didn’t so much feel pain as the sensation of something touching my hand, which then became much lighter. I didn’t know they were gone at first; I threw my arm behind my back … Continue reading
