Birthday
“Our battle, hers and mine, was on that dirt floor.” In the jungles of Vietnam, in the throes of…
Fiction
The Circulation of Limited Happiness
A recluse, with a sordid past, discovers it’s possible to find happiness in the simple events of daily life,…
Deckchairs For Sale
“I realized the voices arose from something far more sinister than mere thoughts.” A short story where perceived inanimate…
Fairness
A work of fiction that ponders why some people have all the luck… by: Frederick Foote When I was…
Sanctuary
“But once he left the university, it all floated out of reach like a dream he couldn’t quite remember.”…
The Hot Dog
A work of flash fiction that drives home, when viewed through the lens of frankfurter appreciation, just how very…
ATM Storytellers — Episode 2 (“Bye-Bye Miss American Pie” & “The Climacteric”)
The second installment of ATM STORYTELLERS features two captivating stories: Carolynn Kingyens’ “Bye-Bye, Miss American Pie” and R.E. Hengsterman’s…
Introducing: ATM STORYTELLERS
Across The Margin and ATM Media proudly present a new storytelling series, candidly entitled ATM STORYTELLERS… On Apple Podcasts now! On Spotify now!…
Fingerprints of the Heart
“Temby quickly discovered that the night at the kitchen table, when he first learned of his postbox adoption, was…
Extraordinary Joe
A professional athlete comes clean, brazenly revealing the truth of a life lived bathing in riches… by: Chris Klassen One…
It Was A Good Day
A short story that exhibits how the horrid lows in life can immediately supersede the triumphant highs… by: Carolynn…
Freedom
“It was seemingly impenetrable, designed with one thing in mind — to deny him his freedom.” Banished by his…