The Maverick
by: JL Shockey “I get up and look to see how much of myself I left on the ground. There’s…
Fiction
Why I Built My House The Way I Did
by Jon Krampner “Life was splendid and gay, until it turned into a pageant of death…” When Annie started coughing and wheezing,…
Best of ATM 2016, Fiction
As 2016 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured…
Bid Whist Night
by: Frederick Foote In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election, a card game is held in the dark of…
Countdown
by: Julie Howard ((Header art by Maxwell Dickson.)) A cautionary tale for those who live their life in constant…
The Quiz
by: Jessica Wadleigh The wonderment of sexual frustration, and the fascinating ways in which it can manifest itself… Mark had…
American Negative
by: Cooper Feste A horizon framed impeccably, but as the day gives way to night, menace is unearthed, parceled…
House of Babel
by: Julie Howard “She had indeed loved him, comforted him and been faithful to him. What was a little…
Detour & Tipsy
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by the incredibly talented Erik Johansson.)) Two offerings of flash fiction that illustrate that even…
Mahjong Mornings
by: Julie Howard ((Header Art by Willian Deutsch.)) An ordinary Mahjong Morning with the ladies takes an unexpected turn,…
Trumped
by: Frederick Foote A Nation divided, demonstrated by a workplace at odds… The door to my boss’s office is open….
Infatuation
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by Banksy.)) “All I could think about was Julie. Julie, Julie, Julie. I had…