November 2016 Issue

My wife left me after the hole kept growing on my stomach, just to the right of my belly button. People ask me where she is, what happened when they see her photos on Facebook disappear from my profile. “Everyone comes out for a funeral,” I say. I always walk away after I say it, […]

Louis sat in his car and watched her house. At 2pm he grabbed his briefcase off the backseat. His fingers brushed against the fabric warped from his daughter’s baby seat. Mrs. Allen answered the door after the second round of Louis’ knocks. Her dark ponytail was pulled up into an askew bun. Her narrow cheeks […]

It began in Tina Ludden’s garden. You wouldn’t just guess that because Tina Ludden was widely known to favor all things organic. She had a butterfly garden and she had a vegetable garden and she’d never use Miracle Grow, only compost, and her gardens, both of them, were known to be among the best on […]

“It happened that a fire broke out backstage at a theater. The clown came out to inform the public. They thought it was just a jest and applauded. He repeated his warning, they shouted even louder. So I think the world will come to an end amid general applause from all the wits, who believe […]

The semi truck’s dashboard was littered with candy wrappers. Donald added another one to the pile as he concentrated on the illuminated reflectors that kept him between the white safety lines, which zipped away to either side of the semi as he passed them. It was 2:30 a.m. Donald was driving down the familiar middle […]