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Fire
I’m in Flamineo’s trailer when we hear the ringmaster yelling that the fire-eater left to marry his high school sweetheart. …
The Eighth Silo
The sugar beet factory across the street from my house exploded when I was eight. It flamed out in a…
Bird Resuscitation
You stuff chunks of a frozen bird into your pockets. Outside, the world is spinning. A homeless man asks you…
In Which Sophie and I Clear a Forest
The crab apples had disappeared from Sophie’s grove across the street last week, but I didn’t notice until Sophie got…
And This Is How It Ended
The End Me at his door, trying to convince him I was a good person. But I wasn’t a good…
100 Word Story Mini-Contest Winners
Libertas Bayveen O’Connell War Destroys A Man From the Inside Out Edie Meade Look Sky, No Suburbs Meg Tuite I…
Numbers
Nationwide that year, 128 officers were killed in the line of duty. My father is number 87 in the official report,…
100 Word Story Mini-Contest Shortlist
Libertas Button mashing After Grief Space Whales War Destroys A Man From the Inside Out Look Sky, No Suburbs Snow…
The I.C.’s
They were everywhere: the I.C.’s. You couldn’t spit without hitting one. You tripped over them in the street, on the…
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