A Sometimes Never Mother   by Tara Wray  
When Mom comes to visit, just let her sleep on the floor.

An Excerpt from Blank Canvas   by Michael Harris Cohen  
An artist buries himself in work. Literally.

An Excerpt from The Real McCoy   by Darin Strauss  
The confidence game in 1910 Manhattan.

Back Home Again In Indiana   by Kathleen Hughes  
What does it really mean to be called a Hoosier?

Dorothy Milgram   by Kristen Newton  
Lost in memory on the Upper East Side.

Eisenhower Jacket   by Ed Skoog  
Be like Ike.

Fear: A Chapter from Honky   by Dalton Conley  
When life equals fear, what games do you play?

Good To Hear You   by Holiday Reinhorn  
A national emergency goes unnoticed...for a morning.

Highway   by David Schuman  
A lonely boy cleans mussels and avenges the death of a praying mantis.

Life Should Be   by Dave Koch  
Maine with the good looks of people who enjoy tennis.

Lotus   by Ira Sukrungruang  
Bangkok to Chicago and back again.

On Endings   by Ken Foster  
A writer\'s reflection on losing his friend, Lucy Grealy.

Owned   by Jeff Parker  
Just another night at the bar after taking horse tranquilizers.

Siblings in a Motel Room Watching Porno After a Funeral   by Josh Melrod  
This one makes us all a little uncomfortable.

Some Of The World Transactions My Father Has Missed Due To His Death On September 14, 1999   by Mikhail Iossel  
Lenny Bruce’s last words: “Do you know where I can get any shit?”

The Desired Effect   by Karen Rile  
A mythological creature makes her way into art class.

The People Involved With Your House   by Sara Gran  
Your milkman's a pervert. Why don’t we go to my place?

The Pigeon Cove Festival Of Lights   by Kevin Wilson  
I am dreaming of a bright Christmas. I mean, really, really bright.

The Whale   by Benjamin Percy  
Beach, dead whale, TNT. You figure it out.

Tight Circles   by Thaddeus Rutkowski  
The kids carried butterfly nets. Their father carried a rifle.

True Love Stories   by Robert Lane Greene  
Cabbies seem to know a lot about love.

Was It Something I Said   by Jack Conway  
Possibly the worst date in the history of the world.