Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash, Short Fiction, short story
After the hurricane – Sheila Kannappan
A dog survives the aftermath of a hurricane through scent, fear and memory, waiting for the world to smell safe again.
Heart
A heart-shaped artwork made from Katrina debris sends one woman back into the heat, fear, and improvisation of trying to flee New Orleans before the storm.
You’re OK! You’ll survive the most
A childhood memory of religious paranoia and performative certainty becomes a flash of real unease. Steve Mada’s piece captures the moment fear is handed down as truth.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Tunneling
Weasel is following me, panting, on hands and knees, through a passage we call Route 66, even though it’s only a hundred feet long, the diameter of a barrel ...