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The Man We Never Knew by Alan S. Falkingham

The images are grainy, the figures move jerkily across the screen, the angles all wrong. But it’s him alright. There is no doubt about that. 

“You sure, you wanna see this?” the detective asks me. He tastes this poison every …

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Farewell Tour by Peter Dabbene

I have to blog.  

By that, I don’t mean I have to vomit, though if you said “I have to blog” eight years ago, there’s a good chance people would think “impending barf.” Here in 2006, the verb “blog” …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Peter Dabbene

Baseball Legacy by Alice Lowe

I do word and number puzzles while I watch baseball on TV: New York Times crosswords and acrostics, sudokus, KenKens. My baseball savvy and Yankees keenness come in handy on the clues that lead to A-Rod, Mo Rivera, Yogi Berra, …

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Posted in: Nonfiction, Essay, Memoir Filed under: Alice Lowe

The Wedding Dress by Jacqueline Erasin

It was raining the day Lydia Braithwaite first saw the wedding dress. Displayed on a headless mannequin in the window of her local charity shop, it seemed out of place amongst the used floral tea set, children’s toys and the …

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The Race by Robb Ortman

The people of Salo had been gathering since the early morning hours, anxious to catch a glimpse or photograph of one of our riders before the big race. As we sat on our bike racks, our metal and carbon frames …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Robb Ortman

The Twenty-Second by Michael Tyler

Brother You Won’t Find Anything There 

Even now she will not let me be. Her hair is stroked and she replies a simple, ‘I am sleeping’. I roll over and all is failure once more, and I stare at the …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Michael Tyler

Don’t Go Chasing Manufactured Waterfalls by Laurel Osterkamp

I fell in love first with Doug’s nose, thinking, this is a guy who can handle me. Crooked and knobby, his left nostril was noticeably higher than the right. Otherwise, it was perfectly proportional on a face composed of warm …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Laurel Osterkamp

A Story Never Told by Ethan Kahana

“Bubala,” my grandmother Rachel yelled as she came through the door. As usual on Friday nights, she was wearing her best red dress and had makeup on. I smiled and gave her a hug and kisses after she pinched my …

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Posted in: Flash Fiction Filed under: Ethan Kahana

A Memorable Memorial by Dave Bachmann

Today, our town held a memorial service for my husband, Bob. It was a touching ceremony, well attended and, despite my having been married to him for 49 years, a bit of a surprise. For you see, I learned something …

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The Tinfoil Hat Brigade by Wendy Taylor

‘So how’s it going with your brother then?’

Tim tilts his chair back, his legs splayed. He hooks his lanky fingers in his trouser pockets and observes Amber across the cafe table.

Amber leans forward to reply, picking at the …

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Posted in: Fiction Filed under: Wendy Taylor

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