Tag: family

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology

Traitor

To me it’s like he’s holding open a door behind which lies a shiny new future, a bright new beginning, and all we have to do is walk through and ...

by Peter Gordon • 30th September 202215th January 2026

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Come for Me

We swung in the wooden swing, creaking back and forth, or rocked in paint-pealing chairs while she and my parents talked of weather, war, politics, or relatives. ...

by Niles Reddick • 23rd September 202214th October 2022

The Wife

I liked Ben enough. I didn’t love him; I could never love someone so whole. ...

by Sara Moreni • 13th September 202214th October 2022

The Bus Driver

He drives a bus, he lives above a shop, he drinks cheap wine, and he is now alone. ...

by CG Casci • 11th September 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Prepare to be Amazed

His mother hovers over a pirate ship cake. The father loiters by the tea urn. ...

by Anna Symmonds • 9th September 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday

Potency

‘I’m afraid there’s been another incident with your father.’ David remains motionless, hoping the information, like a wasp at a picnic, will bother someone else. Following the previous complaint, he ...

by Daniel Shooter • 22nd July 202214th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features

Three Cats and One Man

There are three cats in this story: two dead; one dying, then dead. There is one man. Also dying, then dead. This is a true story. ...

by Aiysha Jahan • 16th July 202215th January 2026

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features

Our Shared Neuroses

Sitting in the Cricketers pub, I listened as Grandma asked me whether I typically experienced difficulties “passing stools.” She seemed disappointed when I told her, “No, I didn’t.” I was ...

by Andrew Kaye Kauffmann • 25th June 202215th January 2026

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features

All My Relations

Image by Travis Zimmerman from Pixabay January 2020. We were preparing for a new semester, a doomed semester, but we didn’t know it yet. On the third floor of ...

by Barry Kitterman • 21st May 202215th January 2026