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Yearbook

By Beem Weeks

My photograph is there in the yearbook, smack in the center of page 57, right above my full name: Thomas Alvin Rieger, Jr. I hate

Sidekick

By Stephen Geez

Sidekick Short Fiction By Stephen Geez   I just figured out something all superheroes should know about our

Medal Detector

By Beem Weeks

Ancient nails and an old horseshoe or two, that’s all the earth saw fit to yield thus far. Still, with each crazy squeal

Attention Pay

By Stephen Geez

Attention Pay Short Fiction By Stephen Geez   A smart young man who knows the words but struggles to pay

Forget Me (Not Fade Away)

By Beem Weeks

Once a month she makes that three-hour drive just to be near him, her boy, the son of her old age. She always brings a juice box

A Life Lived (In Under 600 Words)

By Beem Weeks

“My twelfth birthday,” said Megan Span, pressing that sealed envelope into David Bellman’s hand. “—but

A Match Met

By Beem Weeks

Nobody around these parts could ever recall a time when Charlie Tricklett had been anything less than fit as a proverbial fiddle.

Demons

By Beem Weeks

Ghosts don’t exist. They simply are not real. When a person dies, they cease to be—unless you’re religious, then

About Face

By Stephen Geez

About Face Short Fiction By Stephen Geez   One particular Friday, a rather remarkable day, 34-year-old Jeremy P.