The City Song of Lucy Brown by Linda Ferguson

The City Song of Lucy Brown by Linda Ferguson

by | Dec 20, 2019 | Short Fiction

The City Song of Lucy Brown Black tires rolling. Bus almost empty. Nobody much to mind my singing – just singing a little song. Singing a little steam song about sweet fish, white rice, Marcene’s pineapple sauce.  Just singing my song – don’t pay any mind,...
So good of you by Alex Duensing

So good of you by Alex Duensing

by | Oct 7, 2019 | Short Fiction

So Good, All of You –Like the dirt around me, we love you. McBride/Thikbot   You always remind me, plurally, of music. I hear. However. Cannot express. And of. A. Beautiful sadness. Some odd error of dusk. That is. The same. To me. Like. An assistant. Of Sorts....
Moonlight at Saint Helena Park by Mark Mulholland

Moonlight at Saint Helena Park by Mark Mulholland

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Short Fiction

Moonlight at Saint Helena Park There is a big moon tonight and I have no rest. They sleep below gathered coats and I sit and watch and wait. And I wish it were dark and black and blind and I could not see; and I’d imagine another place, another me. ‘Would you have the...
CRISPR-Cas9 by Shelley Linso

CRISPR-Cas9 by Shelley Linso

by | Sep 27, 2019 | Short Fiction

CRISPR-Cas9 “We’re such a primitive species, really.  Aren’t we?” he said, licking his underarm hair.  It was long and silky and red.   “I don’t know what you mean,” she replied, distracted.  She was depressing each spot on the baby with her thumb.  Last month, the...
In-Flight Safety by Ryan Lopez

In-Flight Safety by Ryan Lopez

by | Sep 18, 2019 | Short Fiction

In-Flight Safety In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen and welcome aboard Flight #777, non-stop service from Cairo to Jerusalem. This is your Father speaking. I’d like to extend a special welcome to our Frequent Prayer members and Saint Class...