By Suman Mallick
From Mallick’s new novel, out October 13th.
All tagged New Fiction
Colossus
By Maurice Irvin
I figured it would have been one of those things we said but didn’t do—drunk talk, where most of our ideas came from, not that they were good ones. But I wasn’t surprised when Formeller shook me awake in the early morning, telling me to get in the car, we were going.
Boom
By Michael Flanagan
It started late on a Saturday, a summer evening in August, the terrible strikes, if that’s what they were, beginning sometime after nine o’clock.
How to Shoe a Horse
By Jeanette Rawlins
This process is easiest if you keep your hoof knife razor sharp. But use caution. It’s easy to accidentally slip and cut yourself while working.
Sophie Sees Through
By Sue Preneta
Sophie had seen through three men in the past year. First and most importantly she’d seen through Joe, her husband of twenty-six years. But she was tired of thinking about that.
From "Tony Wolk: Letters, 1981-2027"
By Tony Wolk
A missive on Wolk’s Sourdough.
Executive First Class
By Jess Nicol
“I must be clear that although I am writing you with the knowledge and care of a Canada Air Communications Specialist, the contents of this note are written strictly from an individual standpoint (from Stuart Tweed the man, rather than Stuart Tweed, long-term Canada Air employee).”