Marlon Brando Is a Bowling Pin | John Grayson Heide

"The audience reaction is mixed. The splattering of applause peters out and is replaced by murmurs and soft chatter. Leaning on the chair next to Johnny is a six-foot tall bowling pin, complete with a shiny white skin and a red strip festooned around a pinched neck..."

Bus Stop | Samantha Steiner

"...if you saw me you’d just think, hey, there’s this kid with curly hair and big headphones and maybe he’s on his way to school, and maybe he’s a skateboarder..."

Selected Flash | Peg Alford Pursell

"Unable to sleep, I read the ancient texts while the skies lighten to day, yellow with smoke from the burning redwoods..." Peg Alford Pursell is the author of A Girl Goes into the Forest (Dzanc, 2019) and Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow (WTAW, 2017).

A Reverie Through Stone | Deepanshi Matai

"plain gold earrings: you never wore any others. i have a pair that looks exactly like yours. i never wear any others. sometimes when i hold these, it feels like you’re still here, standing behind me..."

Swing | Rosalind Goldsmith

"You look up at the coroner behind her high desk and say: 'Listen to me. I’m breathing. I’m here.' But she looks doubtful..." Rosalind Goldsmith's stories have been published in the USA, the UK, and Canada.

We All Fall Down | Alissa Hattman

"...in another’s hands are her hand and someone else’s hand. In someone else’s hands is another hand and, also, my hand. Like this, we go around and around..."