Still Renting | Joshua Michael Maher

"I am not as hungry as I used to be. I don’t count pennies at night anymore. I don’t recycle cans and bottles; I just leave them on the curb..."

Angel Dust | Alex Behr

"Gib holds his pee and doesn’t laugh when one kid stutters on the rug. He chews and tries to swallow mustard-flavored meat. Aiden calls him short. That is first grade..."

Cementia | Evan Steuber

"I was turning into a statue. It started with the tips of my fingers and toes. While modeling Hermaphroditus for my sculptor-friend, there was a sudden hardening in my extremities..."

Inner Fire | Adam Strong

"I want to cheer and dance around, but I let the warm inside my chest do that for me. It feels like winning and winning is not a thing I am used to doing..."

Ferris Wheel Witness | Christi R. Suzanne

"We rode the Ferris wheel so we could observe from above. Multi-colored carriages swooped up, stopping in towering places..."

The Cohort of Mist, Fog, and Fire | M. F. McAuliffe

"The mist would lie all along the trees in the mornings. Anything could be inside there, in the shadows and the dark. You were out in the open..."