Distractions
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art is entitled “Pleasant Distractions” by Michael Lang.)) “He can play the game because he…
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Porn & Picasso
by: T.E. Cowell “If she won’t respect my past, then ditto for hers.” When a regrettable fragment of a man’s past…
A Pleasant Surprise
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by Simon Siwak.)) A melancholy view into the life of a man longing for the path…
Best of ATM 2017, Fiction
As 2017 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured…
Cutting Back
by: T.E. Cowell Overcome with frustration, a writer struggles to find a reason to continue the pursuit. Why we…
The Underdog
by: T.E. Cowell “The world is against him, but he types on all the same.” An author questions his…
The Hotel Room
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by the incomparable James Hart Dyke.)) This week we feature a double dose of…
Happy Anniversary & Long Distance
by: T.E. Cowell Two offerings of fiction that examine the strains put on our relationships by time and space……
Above the Hot Springs
by: T.E. Cowell Three friends, yearning to postpone the inevitable, the boredom and tragedy that they view as adulthood,…
Entertainment
by: T.E. Cowell Gripped by a slacker mentality, a love of literature helps squander the bothersome hours of the…
Dream Girls
by: T.E. Cowell ((Header art by Lynn Hershman Leeson.)) The emptiness that lingers when fortune enters and then exits your life in…
“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…