Published inDefunctedThe Golden Sea, and Silver by J. David LissA congregant asked me how I most want to be remembered, as a rabbi or a physicist. “Remembered,” I said, “Why, am I going someplace?” …Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Published inDefunctedBloodlines by Ranney CampbellI could feel the terror in my flesh in the darkness before I opened my eyes. A tightening, here and there, all over my body. …Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Published inDefunctedCompton by Alan SwyerWith the Compton youth baseball and softball programs … once more short of funds, Mike Lerner’s mind went into overdrive …Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Published inDefunctedBreathe Deeply by Laton CarterCaroline and Peter were the type of people who wanted their house to smell good. Scented candles were out. Aromatherapy was out. …Oct 17, 2023Oct 17, 2023
Published inDefunctedFinest Hour by Chris CottomI was famished when I got home. So I wasn’t pleased to find a man in my bedsit. ‘Mr Godber? Your landlady kindly let me in. …Oct 17, 2023Oct 17, 2023
Published inDefunctedThe Timely Death of Peter Usher by James NelliThe inside of the church on Manhattan’s Lower East Side was damp and smelled like scented candles and old leather. David stood in the backOct 17, 2023Oct 17, 2023
Published inDefunctedAfter Hours by Nicole M. WolvertonIt’s the bagpipes — droning, keening, high-pitched. The sound should be annoying, and yet everything in me wants to cry along. …Oct 17, 2023Oct 17, 2023
Published inDefunctedBook of Changes (Eight Hexagrams) by by Michael McCormickIt was a quiet morning in the Year of the Rooster. The old fortune teller Hiromi Shoju sat still in the doorway of his house. …Oct 12, 2023Oct 12, 2023
Published inDefunctedRooting against the Sox by J. WeintraubThe first baseball game I ever attended was in old Connie Mack Stadium at 35th and Lehigh. My father had taken me and three others …Oct 12, 2023Oct 12, 2023
Published inDefunctedBear in Mind by Michael DiamondCy-ku. Or cyaiku. Whatever handle you slap on it, it’s hot, it’s new and it’s sweeping the Web. …Oct 12, 2023Oct 12, 2023