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JOEY vs. THE GOUT KEBAB

JOEY vs. THE GOUT KEBAB

Joey palmed the glass to kill the neon glare and peered in. Men in white lab coats sliced strips of meat from the rotating elephant’s leg. Customers fumbled with clipboards, using string-bound pencils to complete their paperwork.

Perspective, or a Brilliant Idea for an Award-Winning Piece of Short Fiction

Perspective, or a Brilliant Idea for an Award-Winning Piece of Short Fiction

Each command+shift keystroke combo provoked a gauntlet of urgent software updates, pinwheeling beachballs, and prompt boxes for long forgotten passwords.

Guess I'm A Paper Nautilus Now

Guess I'm A Paper Nautilus Now

This is my chance at freedom. That word is euphoric, I can't help but smile feeling the shapes into which it presses my mouth. That's why today has to be the day.

Malus

Malus

A Flash Fiction Trio

My Father, the Comedian

My Father, the Comedian

Do you think your mom would have been proud? He asked.

Dreamhouse

Dreamhouse

Hell, it was her idea to bring Signature Ken™ to life in the first place. She wanted a partner. Someone who was as driven as she was, when she realized the market was there for the taking, all these girls with dreams and aspirations, with mothers cheerleading Hell yeah!

Jesus is in her bedroom

Jesus is in her bedroom

The girl wonders, not for the first time, whether she should tell Nonna about Him.