Question is: Will you say hi to me in public?
A native of Puerto Rico, Doris Cáceres-Schumick holds a master’s degree in the field of Special Education, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Spanish. She is also a RYT200 …
We’ve told Lannie that the city will fill the potholes on the street in front of his house. He needs to admit it is the city’s responsibility – but his comeback is that it can take months before the city …
Mary draws a hopscotch with my lucky chalk then tosses it in the grass by the sidewalk. Before I can retrieve it, Mom yells for Mary, my other sister, Jenny, and I to get our asses in for supper this …
Jack kneels at her feet, adjusting her ski boot buckles.
Bundled in layers of unfamiliar mountain gear, Rachel tries to catch her breath in the thin-aired, sharp-peaked realm of snow and ice. She looks down at the wide shoulders and the …
Fugitive orphan
found fleeting refuge
inside an open confessional.
‘Father?’
Brian J. Alvarado is a Puerto-Haitian Bronxite with pieces published or forthcoming in Squawk Back, Trouvaille, DenimSkin, Beliveau Review, Cajun Mutt, and The Quiver Review, among others. He holds …
February 1990
He wasn’t deaf or hard of hearing. He used sign language because he had no other way to communicate. Luke Byers possessed an intact mind, sharp and flexible, but an incomplete, rigid body. He could not control how …
Translated by Julia Mraczny
I designed myself a woman. Appearance first:
Black skin. Big breasts. Nice big bottom, long legs and slim waist.
I’ve seen the visualisation – she looked perfect.
I have set her passion level of 100/100 – …
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
His mother’s words reached out to him through many years. The timbre of her voice was still vibrant and lyrical, as if she hadn’t been dead for nigh on four decades.
“…
Tonight, the bowl of ramen you served me felt like part of some greater plot. What’s in this stuff, I asked. You were always busy cooking up more ramen noodles, stirring in spice mix, making sure I knew that this …