Fiction

issue 38 2020 Prize Winners
We the Mothers

We’re not saying our boys are angels, … we’re just saying that we the mothers didn’t need to teach our boys not to rape. 

The Road to Carville

It was a shame anyone had to go to Carville, a pity there was no cure, but Gar had been to war and knew how little fairness had to do with anything.

Bird Season

After he brushed his teeth, he raised his wings in the bathroom to examine his smoky gray underfeathers.

The Orchard

When the bell finally rings, waste no time. Grab your Kipling from the cubby and head straight to the front of the carpool line.

This Be Madness

We were out of heroin and broke. Didn’t have pills. Nothing to drink or huff. “I’ve got a plan,” I said. 

A Big Empty

We hadn’t talked since we left our West Virginia homeplace over two hours ago, both of us teary-eyed

issue 38 2020 Prize Winners
Taxi Ride

It was around noon on a spring day in the month of May when Ms. Abedi appeared at the intersection of Shahrara and Sattar Khan Streets on the west side of Tehran.

Peer Review

There’s an infiltration in the group. I sense it. I see it a mile away.

Girls, at Play

This is how we play the game: pink means kissing; red means tongue.