Broadkill Review
"Wine Country" by Jane Snyder
There had been pain, a tightness in his chest, but the sense of urgency was what Bill remembered. They were at the tulip festival and he...
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May 7, 202019 min read
"Ronnie" by Randall Sommer
I didn’t really know Ronnie. From time to time I’d see him at a large gathering -- a birthday of our mutual friend Jake, say -- and we’d...
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Mar 8, 20209 min read
"Sinepuxent" by Andrew Kleinstuber
He stood alone on the quiet street with his back to the rising sun only just now reaching out beyond the cusp of the sea, ghostly blues...
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Mar 8, 202015 min read
"The Wubnik Prophecy" by Steve Slavin
Louie Wubnik and I met during our senior year at the Bronx High School of Science. We had both just gotten our acceptances from Columbia...
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Mar 7, 202020 min read
"Stalkers Anonymous" by Dale T. Stucky
When Colin arrived at the meeting place Tuesday night he found a group of about twenty people clustered around a light pole. They all...
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Feb 11, 202030 min read
"Guru to One" by Rebecca Monroe
He waved himself off the stage though the applause hadn’t subsided any. There would be another hour signing autographs – a change made...
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Feb 11, 202021 min read
"Child of Unreason" by Anne Whitehouse
Dreary and dull is late autumn in New England. In cold billows and gusts of wind, winter arrives ahead of its official entrance, in...
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Jeff Moreland
Nov 1, 201922 min read
"The Bath"
That November was a doozy. Ice, snow, cold. Dad was on the road non-stop, zig-zagging across the south, studying golf courses. He was...
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SC Martinez
Nov 1, 201910 min read
"The Cinderella of Sunset Park"
Tonight, I have the perfect venue to show off a new drop-dead gorgeous me – my sister-in-law’s brother’s wedding party. The happy couple...
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Mary Rose McCarthy
Nov 1, 20198 min read
"The Good Farmers"
“Right then,” Father announced at breakfast about a week after mother and I returned with the new baby. “The hay’s ready to bring in and...
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Thomas Genevieve
Nov 1, 201914 min read
"Smile"
“Where are you sitting today?” Kathy asked her son. She already knew the answer though; the discussion was had before the tutor arrived....
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Matthew Cannelora
Nov 1, 201920 min read
"Universal Basic"
Young William sat on the lowest concrete step going up to his house. He had a corroded iron rod in his hands, and just then was scrawling...
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Kevin Richard White
Nov 1, 201912 min read
"Bad Day"
We hired the cleaning girl on Monday. By Thursday we wanted to fire her. She hadn’t stolen anything. But we just didn’t want her around...
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Lance Howland
Aug 29, 20199 min read
"Airport Pickup"
Balthuzar al-Muhammed tried to lock with the icy blue eyes of the interrogator. But the man, who had never introduced himself, looked...
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Ace Boggess
Aug 29, 201912 min read
"Pretty Purple Lights"
“Just saw a UFO,” I told her. I lay in bed with my cell phone pressed to my ear, my eyes full of dazzle, brain running its pragmatic...
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Melvin Litton
Aug 29, 201915 min read
"Black Moon"
The pickup was loaded with furniture which he planned to sell in town. He drove slowly down the highway so the canvas tarp wouldn’t...
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Hudson Saffell
Aug 29, 201919 min read
"Deluge"
“To look at the river now,” I said. “Makes me forget it was a dry river bottom…. We used to run circles in.” Brett and I stood on the...
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Don Stoll
Aug 29, 201913 min read
"Dust"
Red dust coated the top sides of the leaves of the maize and pigeon pea plants that lined the two miles of dirt road leading to the...
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Joshua Lawson
Aug 29, 201915 min read
"The Runner"
Sixteen miles. Broken up, strategized, it had seemed utterly doable: two miles out and two miles back in each direction. Quantifying it....
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AN Block
Aug 29, 201918 min read
"El Creepo"
I don’t look more disgusting or smell any worse, not to my knowledge, but all of a sudden on October 23rd I, Stewie Marx, am re-named El...
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