A Grand Adventure/Fiction

A Grand Adventure/Fiction

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — Georges Seurat. Art Institute of Chicago *** A Grand Adventure   by Gina Willner-Pardo Her elderly mother’s death left Laila Rayburn untethered, a condition she had never experienced. She had only herself to consider: She had no...
A Room in the World/Fiction

A Room in the World/Fiction

Photo: John Towner/Unsplash *** A Room in the World   by Brian Kasymaliev-Kelly (ft Humphrey Bogart as Raskolnikov)                                                   The living room separated from the kitchen with a formless tabletop with long knife cuts across...

The Reunion/Marlene Olin

*** The Reunion   By Marlene Olin Contributor After his wife died, it took Calvin six months to learn how to pay the bills, use the microwave, and launder his underwear. It took another six months to empty the closets and give away her clothes.  Though time...

A Hobbit/Fiction by Alf Marks

  A Hobbit   By Alfred Marks  Dave comes on the Cronulla Street Mall, hoping the kids will remember what day this is. The early breakfast punters are dotted under their umbrellas. Daughter Zoe likes to meet before the noisy brunch crowd fills the cafes with...

Good Boy/Fiction by Eric DePriester

      Good Boy   by Eric DePriester   Stuart grazed the open bar at his high school reunion, forcing conversation long enough to catch the bartender’s eye. As he ordered a scotch on the rocks, a familiar voice struck from behind. “Stu, how the hell are ya?” It took...