Sharing Heroes by Jeremy Nelson When people take the time to ask me who I am and how I got to be here today, I tell them about my therapist and the conversations we had about my condition and how I endured. I tell them about my childhood and the end of a dream. I [...]
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No Rain in the Rose City by Shelley Stearns and Jody Jones Lela wiped her hands across the bus kiosk. The city’s public transit map lit up under her palm, revealing a web of confused colors inter-tangled like a basket of yarn. She moved her fingers in and out to separate one from the next. [...]
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Thursday’s Child by Anne Trainor If this were a story, it would start with: Once upon a time, there was this woman who was sleep walking. She tried and tried to wake up. The problem was, she had forgotten about the little people. No, not people with dwarfism or people of lower class status, this [...]
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Thor’s Tarts by Go Ducks! Thor opens the oven to reveal one single tiny tart. “Hmm, now that’s one tasty-looking tart. I don’t know if Miss Paula Dean can beat my signature recipe. But I guess she’ll sure try.” The studio audience claps. “You bet your ass I will.” Paula says as she struts onto [...]
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The Sun-flower by The Honest Liars It was yellow like the sun, and Charlie had never seen anything like it in his life. He got on one knee to look closer. He wondered if it was warm to the touch, or if it would burn him. “Maybe it’s a rose,” said Charlie. “You should get [...]
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