"The Other Floor"
The store above the love-themed café sold hats. It took Cheyenne a year of drinking red-tinged coffee almost every day before she...
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Bonnie E. Carlson
Aug 29, 201922 min read
"Good Intentions"
She’d followed the unfolding story with the obsessive fascination of someone passing a multi car wreck on the freeway, slowing down so as...
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Chris Cleary
Jul 1, 201911 min read
"A Far, Far Better Thing"
Father and Mother marched them down Cresson to see him off at the station. Their brother’s duty was his to perform, so his three sisters...
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Albert Howard Carter III
Jul 1, 201913 min read
"The Bank Robbery, the Family Council, and How I Got to College"
The radio blared the news right away: a daring daylight robbery at the Farm and Ranch Federal, one of two banks in our little town. I was...
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Michael Brantley
Jul 1, 20196 min read
"I Didn’t Care About None of That"
The air was still, like it gets in July when the whole of eastern North Carolina becomes a furnace. No breeze, no movement, nothing to...
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Tim Linehan, Jr
Jul 1, 201913 min read
Excerpt from Hannah Gould
Thomas (Tim) Linehan is a Broadkill Review Contributing Editor for 2019. His new YA Historical novel, Hannah Gould is about a Polish,...
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Glen Weissenberger
Jul 1, 201915 min read
"Nathan's Legacy"
As he reached for the phone on the bedside table at 3:30 in the morning, Garth had little doubt it was his brother calling. “Garth, he’s...
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Tim Menees
Jul 1, 201911 min read
"Down Along the Lionel Lines"
Darby always wanted to own the Santa Fe. Elaine over on the sofa had never shared his passion. She said, "Hmmm." He asked asked what...
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Tony Artuso
May 1, 201919 min read
"The Temp"
The minute I laid eyes on her, I noticed something different about the woman seated in SMP’s 5th floor reception area. I don’t mean just...
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Steven Leech
May 1, 201918 min read
"Fadette’s Secret"
The northbound train on which Dr. Kendal was riding stopped in Wilmington long enough to take on passengers and for a vendor to come...
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Matthew H Emma
May 1, 20197 min read
"Marion's Epiphany"
My husband, Prince Manfred ‘Manny’ Susswig of Bavaria was late. I had already occupied my usual season spot in Seat One, Row Nine,...
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Mike Sutton
May 1, 201911 min read
"Five Past"
Mrs. Gail’s fingers tap the counter as a man counts out pennies, one by one. He sounds out each number, pausing between every coin, and...
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Rebecca L. Monroe
May 1, 201917 min read
"Box"
Tim wiggled more firmly into the chair. It was his. Finally! Tomorrow he would bring his things in and truly make it his own. Then he’d...
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Jamie Brown
Apr 19, 20199 min read
"Riki Gonzalvez"
Enriquetta Maria Conchita Gonzalvez hated her name and insisted on introducing herself as "Riki" to everyone she met, whether in the ...
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Owen Smith
Mar 2, 201916 min read
"The Last Stop"
Harry stood up in the break room at Atlantic Terminal as he recollected his belongings. He glanced at the small steam engine keepsake...
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Jeff Barker
Feb 28, 201914 min read
"Very Stable Genius"
I’m often surprised with what I see when I walk past the half a dozen or so rows of first class seating into the more narrow communal...
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Bradley VanDeventer
Feb 28, 201915 min read
"My Cousin, the Caryatid"
The Classical world was making a comeback. Funny thing was, it was the Persians who started it all. History described battles where...
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J. Wade Cook
Feb 28, 20196 min read
"Emperor"
The building was so close to the Dotonburi Canal, that from the top floor we could look almost straight down on the foot traffic on the...
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Lindsay Chudzik
Feb 28, 201921 min read
"Jennifer Grey's New Nose"
Listening to a new voicemail, Graham forgot he was sitting across from Corrie Pfrang on her bathroom floor, her old medicine cabinet...
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Robert Bennett
Feb 28, 201922 min read
"A Good Night's Sleep"
They came to an unusual place in the deep green foliage along the seaward side of the Coastal Sikiyous—an open area where a small grove...
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