Under Pressure
A short story where the acutely relatable goal of wanting to impress your parents unravels in dramatic fashion… by: T.E. Cowell When I was fifteen,…
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Grandpa
by: T.E. Cowell “For all he knows he’ll never die. That’s exactly how I felt when I was his age.” A work of fiction that…
Oysters
by: T.E. Cowell “Jim felt like he was back in his twenties, young and reckless, full of raw emotion. He’d forgotten what it felt like…
Limitations
by: T.E. Cowell The chance for a new life, of comradeship, and of mental and physical well-being — a short story that suggests that when the…
The Cane
by: T.E. Cowell A work of fiction that revels not in the view from the top, but in the ascent… Tim hadn’t given any thought…
The Return
by: T.E. Cowell A work of flash fiction dripping with the thickly ozze of an unfounded paranoia… Emma left without a word. Jim had been…
Distractions
by: T.E. Cowell “He can play the game because he doesn’t care, because to him, it really is just a game.” A short story where…
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 comes back to haunt him, and…
A Pleasant Surprise
by: T.E. Cowell A melancholy view into the life of a man longing for the path of least resistance. When the appeal of giving up eclipses the…
Best of ATM 2017, Fiction
As 2017 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Fiction… Throughout this final…
Cutting Back
by: T.E. Cowell Overcome with frustration, a writer struggles to find a reason to continue the pursuit. Why we write… I write the first sentence…
The Underdog
by: T.E. Cowell “The world is against him, but he types on all the same.” An author questions his worth as an artist, and as…