On My Mother’s Side by Tyler Ayers
Driving was way nicer than flying, Elizabeth and I could both agree on that. We hadn’t been able to agree on much lately, though. With her dad dying recently to…
Fallow Ground
Go Green by C.L. Killgore
I had two choices, if you could call them that, both felt more like predictable ends to a total crap day. I wasn’t up for either. Predictability offended my sensibilities…
Fallow Ground
Two at the Zoo by Terry Sanville
Jack and Lauren stared into the compound that held the spider monkeys. “Do you know who that one reminds me of?” Jack pointed to the queen chattering non-stop. Lauren scowled…
Fallow Ground
The Notary by Chip Jett
Not long after I went into the tire business, I bought an inflatable werewolf and put it on top of my store. I didn’t get it to scare off intruders…
Fallow Ground
Forty-Four Dollars by Gene Goldfarb
It was Spring 1959, and I lay there on the living room couch with my measles to keep me company. Meanwhile, “Come Softly to Me” by the Fleetwoods, hypnotized me…