We put Janet Shaw in charge of keeping the records and lists and spreadsheets, then she went and died in May. Now it’s June, and no lists. No Iowa City City High Class of ‘83 master plan for the August reunion. No ...
In The End by Leslie Pietrzyk
Fiction
There’s a window I stare out of sometimes when I’m convinced John doesn’t love me anymore. It’s a tiny circular one in the kitchen that faces the icy Upper Delaware River, which winds and bends under a swarm of ...
The Know-It-All by Madison Durand
Fiction, LAR Online
Not so long ago, when I used to play the piano, a well-respected Record Producer approached me at the Music Festival in New England to say that they had heard of my name, and some good things about my piano playing, and ...
The Masterclass by William Pei Shih
Fiction, LAR Online, Uncategorized
The first time Anjali loses her temper, she’s at the grocery store with Jay. He’d legged it from checkout straight to produce, where he’d thrown himself prostrate on the floor. Breathless, she finds him near the ...
Thank You for Sharing by Shreya Fadia
Fiction, LAR Online
Let’s take a deep dive, she says to me. i don’t know into what. i know she owns a pool, but i know the pool is shallow. She takes me to her home, where her shallow pool is. We walk alongside the pool in her backyard ...
The School of How Can I Live by Jared Joseph
Fiction, LAR Online
(Fade In):
EXT: PARK BENCH — MORNING
It is grey. Lightly misting. YOU, an attractive young woman, are wearing maroon leggings. Jacket that crops tight above your waist. Hair up. Sunglasses on your head. Putting ...
Illuminated by Andrew Skola
Fiction, LAR Online
This was back when I was dating Ziggy, when I didn’t know any better, about anything. He had this leather jacket—vintage, according to him, and handmade from the most venerable bull on his grandfather’s ...
Mystery Men by Katie Cortese
Fiction, LAR Online
At 5:05 PM, Martha grabs her purse and heads to the exit. Matt Chomsky is staring through the sliding glass doors to the patio, where very occasionally, when it isn’t too windy, Martha’s co-workers will sit at the ...
C Bad Drivers by Kim Magowan
Fiction, LAR Online
The movie is post-apocalyptic. A desolate army outpost sits in the shadow of a giant, rusted-out Ferris Wheel in a barren wasteland.
“No one would ride on that,” my mother leans over and whispers in my ear. ...
Concessions by Elizabeth Stix
Fiction, LAR Online
