Old Enemies

by Jolene Dawe

Independence. Meredith leaned her head against the wall and fingered the names of the men and women who had sacrificed so much. Dozens of names for the dozens of men and women this town had sacrificed over the years, men and women who had gone off to fight on foreign soil, and for what? To die, alone and afraid, never to see their families again. To return and be scorned, mocked, and ridiculed. Read more.

Hello, Carl

by MG

"Hello Carl." There was a Word document open on Carl's home office computer screen when he sat down by it in the morning, with those two words and nothing else. Read more.

Three Shorts

by Adam Jeffries Schwartz

The Big Family Hoe-Down

Apple
Party
Square
Lullaby
Synchronous, definition at the end. Not used in the story but crucial nonetheless. Read more.

Untamed

by Dorothee Lang

She came to visit me again today. Walked in the room as if we had an appointment. Circled me three times like this is all it would take to get what she wanted. And I have to admit it: she is as right as coffee in the morning, as right as washed-out blue jeans. She gives me one of her mystic green looks and then makes herself comfortable in my lap, expecting to get her share of comfort and caress now, ignoring all objections. Read more.