MARTINEZ The dim light at the wine bar painted mysterious portraits of its visitors. “Make it a double,” he heard her saying. It was her...

THE SCENE IS DEAD I was already dead when I got my revenge. When I had finally driven him to hang himself, I reveled in my victory,...

MOONDUST COOKIES Earth tickles me with a million of her fingers as she dresses me in splotchy green. She rambles in tensed clickety...

REMOTE TEAM USES TEXT-BASED CHAT FOR UNITY AND COHESION Executive Director Natasha: Oops! I accidentally hit the audio option, but we’re...

V-NECKS AND BEER I took this job to buy v-neck t-shirts and beer. The plant starts at $16 an hour. To stay part-time, I’d lied and said...

INDIE LABEL APPLICANT A punk band named Crackpot Crusade. Song title: "Fuck Your Sins, Kids, for Jesus." In the key of C for Christ...

LEGS NOT REQUIRED FOR HUNTING, MATING The mermaid tosses her head back, exposing her neck to the sun and the wind. Perched uncomfortably...

A THIRD CHANCE After his second wife left him, Leo decided to live underwater. At first, it was hard to get used to the dampness. Leo’s...

THREE THINGS, SIMULTANEOUSLY Two things happened simultaneously. The first was the realisation that Paul had made a huge mistake; the...

THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE It was a typical Friday afternoon, complete with a fight for love — to the death, of course. The stout Italian...

THE BIG WALK Wen the big walk come I bin putnout fyres, gathrin food gathrin water gathrin strenth for all that walknan I come upto ware...

DOLLY The birds are quiet now. I smashed them with my hammer. Little bursts: green, blue, brown, and of course, <SCROLL FAST> r e e e e e...

THE HOUSE IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN My husband comes home at 6:00. The house is quiet and clean and smells of 409, Comet, and a soupçon of...

-Come closer, my son, so I may tell you of my fever dream. -Come close? I’ll get my mask. -Come close, come close. I don’t have much time...

To read "DARK MIRACLE," please view this PDF. Emily is writing as Eady H and finding she's really good at bullshit. She couldn't think of...

I met Geoff Kueen for the first time in a meeting of his peers, after he had been rather unceremoniously dethroned from the language...

Jude lifted his glass of apple juice and drank slowly. Steadily. Most foods, if you vomited not long after eating, did not taste...

“Did you hear,” someone giggled in the corridor, palm shelling around their mouth, covert, “August Chaudry has gone missing.” August...

Scott loved swimming underwater. He was so thankful his parents bought this aboveground pool. He was gonna spend all summer in it! For...

Wait, what is that expression on his face as he settles into the highbacked seat at the head of the conference table? We struggle to...