I push forward. I pull back. Push forward. Pull back. Forward. Back. My hand grips the handle of my Shark “ultra-light upright,” walks it through my apartment. White noise constant, silencing my grief-stricken brain. She’s not dead. She’s not dead. …
No one sells door to door anymore. That’s why I was surprised when my doorbell rang and a young man with red hair and freckles stood on my stoop holding an array of mops.
I wasn’t sure I should open …
This party was fucking awful. Everyone lost in an alcoholic, and probably some pill infused trance. College parties are such a joke. She took my hand, and I follow. She was the reason for being here. Surrounded by dozens of …
My father always told me that the most important thing in owning your own business is inventory. He opened up this liquor store, and I swear to god, he could tell you exactly how many cases of Miller Lite he …
The mask hides her bad teeth. Her eyes smile constantly.
Susan Sarver is a Chicago-based writer and painter. She completed an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University-Cascades and is the author of Returning to College, Continuing to Learn, …
Their Hell was perpetual fear. Russian roulette with empty chambers.
Jacek Wilkos is an engineer from Poland. He lives with his wife and daughter in a beautiful city of Cracow. He is addicted to buying books, he loves black coffee, …
Vera climbed into her favorite spot behind the house, the branches of the large maple tree, a place of solace. Birds sang, the wind blew through the fields of grass surrounding their property, she breathed in the smell of blooming …
1968: Shipwrecked
In the summer of 1968, right after my mother’s latest relationship catastrophe, my sisters and I found ourselves in a two-bedroom apartment on the south side of Nashville, bewildered shipwreck survivors washed up on a beach after a …
Monday
Mum’s shopping bags split and the frozen dreams, the pre-cooked hopes tumble out onto the kitchen floor.
Tuesday
In the bathroom I find her searching in the medicine cabinet peering in-between the pills, lotions, cremes looking for a miracle …
