Story Excerpts

Things Being How They Are
by Christopher Latragna

Downtown St. Louis, 1955

“Sir? Why are we going to the Jubilee?”

Vincent asked this question from the driver’s seat of his cab while Henry pondered his life’s choices from the back seat.

“I’ve going to see about getting into a poker game,” Henry said.

“Is that wise?” READ MORE

 

The Only Thing to Fear
by Clare Broyles 

“Please keep your arms and legs off the conveyor belt,” the announcement interrupted the soft jazz Muzak. Cheryl looked around. She was at the airport. Who was she picking up? Or was she the traveler? She felt she could remember if she only tried. Perhaps if she got her bags. There was her battered blue suitcase she had taken to Las Vegas last year before the world closed down. She watched it inch toward her on the conveyor belt. A crowd of people appeared around her, grabbing their suitcases and jostling her as they passed. A sudden fear shot through her. A crowd, and none of them were wearing masks. She wasn’t wearing a mask. READ MORE