The Swim
by: Chris Cooper “Is there anything more depressing than knowing you’re worth more dead than alive?”A short story where everything…
Fiction
Over The Winter
by: Kevin Sterne An absurdist work of fiction where unlikely partnerships are forged, tensions rise, and an eccentric cast…
Best Of ATM 2018, Fiction
As 2018 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured…
The Calculator Kid: On The Trail Of The Fat Man
by: Christopher Yensan The Calculator Kid series — mystery stories uniquely inspired by both James Cagney in White Heat…
Screamers
by: Frederick Foote “I don’t dream. I quit dreaming. Turned it off. I try not to feel for anyone.”…
Envy
by: Mike Sutton Coveting the assets of others, be it honor, wealth or recognition, sometimes strikes close to home,…
Grandpa
by: T.E. Cowell “For all he knows he’ll never die. That’s exactly how I felt when I was his…
A Visitation
by: Frederick Foote When the past comes back to stalk the present — a short story about a veteran…
Desperate Steps
by: Paul Negri “It is all in the service of the children, our most precious possessions.” A short story…
Meeting The Creature
by: Jim Snowden A chance encounter, an unconscionable racial bias, and a search for a craftsman to bring to…
Skipping Stones
by: Tyler Womack “I’m putting you in the story only so you’ll feel the stakes the way I do….
The Wolves Of San Francisco
by: Fredrick Foote ((Header art by Sarah Leea Petkus.)) A work of speculative fiction that imagines a nation where homelessness…