In the title story from The Roadkill Collection, a once–bullying lawyer seeks redemption in the road.
Fiction
Home Run: The Power and the Glory
This excerpt from The Mighty Roman Baseball Blast shows what homers are all about.
El León, “The Closer”
Hero or goat, The Closer holds fans’ hearts in his hand.
Wren
Excerpt from FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
“He finds that he can light his candles merely by touching their wicks with a finger.” By Mike Meginnis
An Excerpt from THE FRACKING KING
“I was luckier than my father as the great love of my life seemed to be indestructible. I played Scrabble.” By James Browning
If I Would Leave Myself Behind
“I wish I could kiss someone I hate.” By Lauren Becker
Why I Write – Because I See A Need
For Chintan Girish Modi writing is the cure for almost anything.
How It’s Supposed to Work
“She was the one who brought the condom today, the mix CD and candle. She’d pulled off his socks the way an expert would, not the way a virgin would.” By Christy Cruchfield
Shattered
A wife falls apart, a marriage is broken, and a husband tries to pick up the pieces.
I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
“I want to be a bigger man, a less predictable man than the kind who confuses love with sex.” By Courtney Maum
Everything I Never Told You
“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” By Celeste Ng
Saint Roger of Fox Chase
Bret Easton Ellis is Vernon Downs
A page by page key to the allusions in Vernon Downs, by Jaime Clarke.
Symbiosis
This weekend, we have the story of two couples, and what it takes to survive a marriage on top of all that life throws at us.
From BLACK MOON, by Kenneth Calhoun
“She could so easily recall the dark weight of him in the bed next to her, sinking deeper into shame as his body failed him yet again.” By Kenneth Calhoun