Short Story

A Metamorphosis

One morning, as Gregor Samsonite was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in his bed he had been changed into a major…

Thumbtack

I was there because my shoes needed scuffing, and because the air that summer was humid and bug-clotted and I had decided that I would not…

Clean

She began to enjoy strange flavors, beginning with snuck slices of raw potato tongued from the edge of a paring knife. It was March, a week after…

The Egg

When I woke up in the morning, there was an egg.

Beastly Soup

My son:

Your name — the same now. . . how many years? Your mummy and I decided to name and feed you as we…

Black Walls

Every time Henry would listen for sounds coming from his neighbor’s rooms, pressing his ear against the cold, dark iron walls, he would…

Perpetua

1.

Only Perpetua understood what happened to the hog. The deafening rumble of the Harley disturbed the quiet…

It was a three-uncle job.

(Winner of WANTED 20)

Zombies

Sophie took a drag of her American Spirit and watched a zombie take a piss between the houses across the street. Standing on Rachel’s…

Blood Feud

We were sitting in Tommy’s Buick in the parking lot of the Walgreens. Tommy wanted to go on disability for a while, take a few weeks off…