Fiction

  • Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt

    Carly Rosalie Vandergriendt

    Moira & the Moose

    THE FIRST MOOSE MOIRA EVER SAW WAS DEAD. She was twelve, old to be seeing a first moose, at least for a girl who’d spent her whole life on the Island. But then, moose rarely wandered …

  • Derek Mascarenhas

    Derek Mascarenhas

    Grand Opening

    Aiden and I ate kielbasa and crackers in the car while we waited for our dad to come back. We each had a sleeve of crackers open, and took bites from the same coil of kielbasa. Mom said …

  • J. Paul Cooper

    J. Paul Cooper

    The Poodle and the Golfer

    Bethany turned over and pulled the pillow over her head, trying to block the irritating moaning coming from the bathroom. Realizing there was no way she’d get back to sleep until after husband Harold left, …

  • Sonia Saikaley

    Sonia Saikaley

    Jasmine Season on Hamra Street

    (Novel excerpt)

    Wadi Abu Jamil. The Jewish quarter. I had heard that name before and all the tales over coffee in the village were indeed true. Here I was standing in this very place. I …

  • Irehobhude O. Iyioha

    Irehobhude O. Iyioha

    The Partners

    She raked the room with her eyes quickly, a thick folder wedged under an arm. The hall was brimming, as she’d expected: men and women in austere suits and burnished shoes standing in clusters, clutching the slim stems …