PLACES TO GO, THINGS TO DO • by Eva Jean
I woke to sunlight spilling through my curtains and my mother’s brisk voice calling me from the kitchen. It was Saturday—normally a day for...
GETAWAY CAR • Rebecca Tiger
The invitation arrived in crisp, embossed stationery: Venice High School, Class of ’85, Forty‑Year Reunion. Forty. Mallory found herself staring at the number, as...
TWO STRIKES • Frank C. Modica
Every spring afternoon, the neighborhood boys would gather behind our houses to pick sides for a game of baseball. We’d assemble in the narrow...
Every Day FictionA GOOD YEAR FOR FLOWERS • by Jan StrnadEvery Day Fiction
It was the kind of year every flower grower dreams of—warm breezes tempered by gentle rains, skies that shifted from soft gray to brilliant...
SCARCITY • Ian Mahm
In the world beyond the Checkpoint, where the old fast‑food empires have vanished, even a packet of hot sauce has become priceless. My grandmother—an...
ROAD TRIP MEETS ELECTRIC SHOPPING CART • Joe Grantham
Elston Murphy eased his rental Ford F‑150 into the Chevron station on Kirkman Road just south of Orlando. As he cut the engine, he...
