Every witch needs her black cat, but I’m allergic. Continue reading Black Cat by Michael Chin
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Imaginary by Marie Lightman
Wooden planked floor,
soaked in decades-old urine.
Emily new friend soaks in the bath.
I hide behind the mirror. Continue reading Imaginary by Marie Lightman
Baby Blue Eyes by Paul Speller
A splash, followed by a giggle and those baby blue eyes lit up. Continue reading Baby Blue Eyes by Paul Speller
Bleak Row by Laura Potts
After the first, my star still north and rising,
they patched his purse of blood-burst skin,
my sleeping bud and starless. Continue reading Bleak Row by Laura Potts
Yellow Prism by Ashley Bullen-Cutting
Dearest Harold Greene,
You will note the package that accompanies this correspondence odd and query why it is I have sent such to you, allow me to endeavour to elucidate upon its discovery, circumstance and point. Continue reading Yellow Prism by Ashley Bullen-Cutting
I Thought We Were Hunting Elk by Brian Jerrold Koester
Eric taught me on the spot
to wear brush, but not too much,
to wear greasepaint even on my hands. Continue reading I Thought We Were Hunting Elk by Brian Jerrold Koester
A Demon’s Favor by Karen Thrower
Tranur appeared in a ring of fire, large, black and ominous. He immediately saw the one who summoned him, kneeling just outside the circle. Continue reading A Demon’s Favor by Karen Thrower
Louder than Words by G.E. Smith
I’d had enough of my husband’s verbal abuse. I began recording his comments, typing and printing them out, and shredding them. Continue reading Louder than Words by G.E. Smith
Juan Ponce de Leon by Bridget Clawson
I read to five clients, at the moment. One is an unusually tall, angular woman my own age, forty-two, who believes she is Juan Ponce de Leon. Continue reading Juan Ponce de Leon by Bridget Clawson