Adam & Evie
Tensions flare, and a relationship turns tumult, when the dreaded K-word appears… by: Alan Swyer Trying in vain to wipe the sleep from his eyes,…
Fiction
I’ll Show Him
A short work of fiction wherein the quality of one’s art is used as a measure of a person’s self worth… by: Mike Sharlow1 Rod…
Mortar Prayers
“Nobody pays attention to my bad dream, my outburst. Everybody’s tending their own crop of horrors.” A short work of fiction that acts a reminder of…
Best of Across The Margin 2019, Fiction
As 2019 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Fiction… Throughout this final…
A Real Doll
An offering of Flash Fiction where a traveler indulges in the fancies of his hypocrisy… by: Karen Schauber1 Candy red lipstick stains his starched white collar…
Running Out Of Time
A lethal goddess, a savage beast, and a band of unsuspecting passerby converge, to chilling results… by: Frederick Foote I grew up in the South, in…
Lunch Breaks
Meet The Cook, The Apprentice, The Translator, The Critic, & The Pilgrim in a series of five intertwined vignettes of culinary inspired fiction… by: John…
Their Wall
An offering of flash fiction that welcomes its reader into the chaotic world of the New York City Subway, where one benevolent passenger’s attempt to be a…
The Q
A work of thought provoking speculative fiction that imagines a post social media world, one that gives rise to the Q — the most important social…
Wisdom From The Trash Heap
A short story which reminds readers that sometimes the most valuable of insights can be found in the most mundane of places… by: Tina Schroeder The…
Carnival
A short story that takes you inside the mind of a teenager, a young femme fatale who embarks on a night filled with sweets, prizes,…
The Monstrous Season
“You’re forgetting the benefits. If you don’t stick out too much, don’t achieve too much, the gods might just forget about you.” A short story rife…