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Editor-in-Chief:
Kenneth Brosky

Managing Editor:
Stephanie Nolasco

Associate Editor:
Janell Kennedy

 

"Rose-Coloured Glasses "                                            Read it
       Shane Nelson

Curiosities was the shop's name.

 

"Seduction by Pickle "                                               Read it
       Dean West

I picked up the receiver on the fourth ring. I waited until the fourth ring not to sound desperate or alone. The caller might think I'd just
stepped away from a gathering of friends.

 

"Anu, Setia Haas, Bastet Ptah "                                  Read it
       Joseph DeRepentigny

To say it was a sparse room was an understatement. For furnishings, there was just a single old battered wooden chair just a step away from the dump. The walls were bare with only peeling wallpaper of an undecipherable pattern that barely kept the plaster from falling to the floor. The lone source of light in this room was a westward facing window that showed the last gasps of light from the ebbing day.

 

"Unnatural Acts "                                                      Read it
       Michael Monkhouse

Now was the time.

 

"Crust"                                                                      Read it
       David Brookes

The reason that the six-star resort on the northwest side of the Indonesian Ocean was so popular was the weather.  Rain, shine or monsoon, it was perfect: sun during the long, lazy hours of the day, punctuated by intermittent breezes drawn in from the salty ocean winds; light drizzle during the night (to keep things green) and again, gently, in the morning for just a few minutes.  There were never any complaints, which was why the weather tax for the region was so high.

 

"The Masseuse"                                                         Read it
       Allen Sanders

¡§Cross the Fremont Bridge. Turn right. Then left on Stone Way. You'll see a gray house, a pink neon sign.   `Helen's Beauty Boutique.'   First right passed the sign.   You'll be on Lucas Place.   Halfway down the block is 117.   Buzz 9.   I'll be expecting you.¡¨ Those were the directions she'd given him over the phone. He was certain he had them straight.

 

"Fawn Eyes"                                                              Read it
       Monika Lange

As I settle on
the ground of our sun-dried mud brick house, my head covered with an orange
printed-cotton shawl, my bare feet tucked under my body, I pray, invoking Allah's
help. My sister, Firyuza, shivers like a chinar leaf in the desert wind.

 

"Suicide"                                                                     Read it
       D. Harlan Wilson

He wouldn’t stop trying to kill himself.  Every time I looked away, he buried another nail into his head.

 

"Zefonith's Key"                                                          Read it
       Peter Roblejo

“William … cheerio and drat! I’ve forgotten the time difference across the Atlantic. I do apologize for this rather impromptu message, but I simply had to share some extraordinary news. My theory on the ancient worship of Zefonith in the Americas is on the verge of being proven! Thanks to the generosity of the University staff here at Arkham, I have discovered a very intriguing pictograph image belonging to the Lenape indians: it is identical to images I have obtained of a Persian incantation bowl of the sixth century CE bearing the image of Zefonith! I am astounded by this discovery . It only raises more questions than it answers, and I plan to investigate at once. The images were photographed some years ago in a place called Milmay in the State of New Jersey. I shall contact you as soon as I arrive. Prepare the Oxford blokes … I’m going to make them eat their words.” Click.

 

"The Ride"                                                                   Read it
       Shane Nelson

Dean had been thumbing for almost six hours when the guy in the Cadillac picked him up.  He had a moment of suspicion—average Joes didn’t pull over in the middle of the night to pick up hitchers—but only a moment.  It was cold and the thought of spending the night in some rundown barn wasn’t appealing.  Besides, he thought, I can handle whatever comes up.

 

"Woah"                                                                         Read it
       Scott J. Taylor

I was standing on this street corner, and this guy was breaking all the shop windows.  I tried to reason with him.  “Whoa, whoa!” I said. 

 

The Babel Frequency                                                    Read it
       David Wright

The woman woke from fitful sleep, her hair drenched with sweat, the visions of the dream world still fresh in her consciousness. This was the most important time. Only in sleep could she remember the past. Only in the dream world did she truly know who she was and what things were. But there was a danger; in the dream world, dead men walked.

 

Food For Thought                                                           Read it
       Justin Schwan

Benny looked at the chocolate cake and then pushed the plate away. He had had enough, and now it was time to say so. Benny looked up, smiling at his Aunt Ruth, took the toothpick from the table’s center piece, and stuck it between his lips.
 


Purple Mariposa
                                                            Read it
       Stephanie Nolasco

It was a cool Sunday evening, one of the warmest days in February. Despite the positive weather change of this bitter month, 
I was shivering like a dying leaf, ready to fall from a branch's grasp. While walking on the quiet streets of Amsterdam Avenue, 
I looked at each building number attentively, hoping to find number 209. Lizzy was expecting my visit and truthfully, I wanted 
to get this over with. 201, 203, 205, 207…209. My breath became short and my heart was beating like drums being played at 
Columbus Circle subway station. Sweat beads slowly dripped from my freshly shaven armpits, down to my fingertips. I turned 
the next page of the notebook I was holding, avoiding to smudge previous writings. There was no turning back, especially when 
the subway station was 8 blocks away on a hill. Besides, what would my cousin Lizzy think of me for not coming over as I 
previously stated?
 
 

The Climber                                                                     Read it
       Edward Rodosek

Sea waves lifted and lowered him kindly and playfully like a cork. Kicking with his legs in tepid water, he enjoyed the comfort of 
weightlessness. Just when he decided to turn toward the coast, a vivacious polka blasted him out of his bed. He slammed the button 
of the radio alarm clock and yawned widely. 

 

The Affair                                                                         Read it
       Kathryn Fischer

I’d heard stories about him before. Something having to do with a Perkins Restaurant in Florida, when Christine and her siblings were kids. He’d flown into a rage and slammed the ketchup bottle onto the glass table top, sending a crack straight down the middle.

 

The Cuda                                                                           Read it
       Stacey Cochran

Robert’s hands were on the wheel, and he looked around the car panicked. He could only see well in front of him where the headlights 
shined, but he could see a few feet behind him in the taillights’ red glow. And he could see about twenty feet at either side of the car 
into the woods on both sides. But he didn’t see the kid.