Editors’ Pick #42: Why They Cried, by Jim Hanas
The Cryerer couldn’t remember how long he sat there, watching blankly as the racetrack melted and the Christmas tree dissolved in flames. It was engulfed almost immediately. He was not […]
Category Archives: Editors’ Picks
Editors’ Pick #41: From the Crooked Timber, by Okla Elliott
I walked back to where Jess was standing. I grabbed a beer. Jess raised the pistol and emptied the clip so fast he only hit one of the bottles. He […]
Editors’ Pick #40: Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
The move home was a turning point for me. Well, less like a turning and more like a case of emergency in which you smash glass. Even with my post-collegiate […]
Editors’ Pick #39: Tell Everyone I Said Hi, by Chad Simpson
Ethel Hale was a little big. She taught chemistry and wore a swimsuit with one of those butt ruffles. Two of her husband Tom could fit inside one of those […]
Editors’ Pick #38: allegiance, by francine j. harris
(after caravaggio’s doubting thomas) jesus, if i had your hair, i’d lasso helicopters. i’d bring them to a standstill and lift up my head through the blades.
Editors’ Pick #37: Fires of Our Choosing, by Eugene Cross
For the first week, the only time I let Luke touch a brush was to clean it. Other than that his job was simple, spread the drop cloths along the […]
Editors’ Pick #36: Climbing Back, by Dionisio D. Martinez
What could be more intimate? Battlefield, altar, bodas de sangre, marriage bed. If it pleases the gods, there’s bound to be a con man with a shortcut nearby. The ghost […]
Editors’ Pick #35: I Am a Magical Teenage Princess, by Luke Geddes
IV. How long ago was it now, since I awoke to my new life on this ship? It’s so hard to keep time here.
Editors’ Pick #34: Beauty Was the Case That They Gave Me, by Mark Leidner
They say Einstein had no tear ducts. They say he cried straight from his brain. They say he had a small family
Editors’ Pick #33: Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
Not four years after his wedding and already a widower, Grainier lived in his lean-to by the river below the site where his home had been. He kept a campfire […]
