Fiction

“Sweat” & “Regret”

“Sweat” & “Regret”

by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by René Magritte.)) Two offerings of penetrative flash-fiction that make the case for possessing greater self-awareness…

Degenerates

Degenerates

by: Tim Grutzmacher ((Header art, entitled “Couple,” is by Cornelius Gurlitt.)) When a pair of misfit barflies convene to drown their…

Drugs & Alcohol

Drugs & Alcohol

by: T.E. Cowell “It’s sad, the way some of us live our lives, struggling just to get by day…

The Trip

The Trip

Words and photograph by: T.E. Cowell Guilt is often a vicious cycle, finding its way into the most joyful…

Purgation

Purgation

by: Thomas Elson The fallacy of change. When a new beginning marks the beginning of the end… Friday, February 19th, 1982….

Shift Work

Shift Work

by: R. E Hengsterman “Apathy left the door wide open for me, and the third floor became my own…

Where’s The Fire?

Where’s The Fire?

by: Tom Snethen A summer spent as a “Sleeper,” living out every boy’s childhood fantasy… Located where the Columbia River…

Reunion

Reunion

by: William Lucas ((Header art by Nicola Turola C.)) When a ghost from the past shows up at a high…

Devolution

Devolution

by: Frederick Foote ((Header art by the incredibly talented duo Tim Noble and Sue Webster.)) Laboring to become as…

A Man Like Any Other

by:Meagan Masterman The deep disconnect that exists between the person the world sees you as, and the one you…

Curious & Guidelines

by: T.E. Cowell Two offerings of flash-fiction, one that lays bare the inherent cost of curiosity, and another that…