Flash Frog
Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch.
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Eat You Up by Laura Leigh Morris
The baby stares at the ceiling fan, content for the moment. I slump on the couch, afraid any movement will make her cry. My stomach growls. I can’t remember my last full meal. Days blur together. My mouth waters at the sight of her… Continue Reading “Eat You Up by Laura Leigh Morris”
We Found a Dead Body by Bodhi Jet Atkinson
We found it by a dirt track that ran next to a lagoon. We found it walking to a school dance. We found it, I’m told, in Southern Gothic ways. The lagoon was full of eels, as well as manure and pesticides from a… Continue Reading “We Found a Dead Body by Bodhi Jet Atkinson”
No Saviors by Sarah Bradley
You’re sixteen today, but no one told your stomach. For breakfast you had black coffee. For lunch you had a bag of cheddar and sour cream Ruffles and a Hawaiian Punch from the vending machines at school. Also the red part of Caleb’s Bomb… Continue Reading “No Saviors by Sarah Bradley”
Come on Down! by Julia Strayer
My ex doesn’t know he’s my ex. I just packed and left. Headed east for an hour. It’s close to midnight and I’m cruising through a one-light town in his old Crown Vic on the way from nowhere to someplace better and I spot… Continue Reading “Come on Down! by Julia Strayer”
The Day You Lost Your Lunch and Your Grandmother’s Shawl on the Tilt-a-Whirl by Theresa Boyar
Later, you will realize it was all part of the fortune-teller’s ploy, the way he looked at you across the crowd and tilted his immense, dark beard in that way, as if to say, “Whoa! There’s a lot going on in that girl’s future!”… Continue Reading “The Day You Lost Your Lunch and Your Grandmother’s Shawl on the Tilt-a-Whirl by Theresa Boyar”
Inside Voices by Sarah Perrin
I wake up in the walls. I am watching them serve dinner, this family of four, from behind pine-scented wood paneling. A worm nudges past my cheek and something crawls over my toes as they spoon peas and tong shredded romaine onto plates, each… Continue Reading “Inside Voices by Sarah Perrin”
A City by an Ocean with a Plant by a Window, and a Cat by Emily Rinkema
Kelly’s drunk enough when they get to Applebee’s that she has to lean on Cam to stay upright and her head turns faster than her eyes which isn’t all that fast since she has to think about it, will it to turn to the… Continue Reading “A City by an Ocean with a Plant by a Window, and a Cat by Emily Rinkema”
the house by the dead end by Nadia Born
has been under construction for years so we creep in one summer, just you and me, during that margin of dusk when everything is strange. the pavement has barely cooled and my hair’s still dark-wet from a shower and you’re lighting a cigarette in… Continue Reading “the house by the dead end by Nadia Born”
When the rain comes by Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez
we don’t imagine we’ll drown. We feel every fat raindrop on our scalp as we hurry to class, to work, to the market. Our children jump in puddles, soaking the bottom of their pants. We hold the umbrellas over our abuelitas, our lolos, our… Continue Reading “When the rain comes by Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez”
Imogen, Hector, & the Squirrel by Zelda Knapp
Oh. The leaves were teeth. Imogen stopped walking, the squeak of her sneakers against asphalt suddenly quiet. It must have rained the night before because the squirrel’s face, a rictus of death and pain, was soaked. Brown and jutting out of the open mouth,… Continue Reading “Imogen, Hector, & the Squirrel by Zelda Knapp”