“She is not a dog. She will not roll over in the middle of the street to be rubbed on her belly. Mrs. Kimby is in mourning.” By Daniel Wallace
Fiction
Daisy Chain
“She is the party’s host and the wrestler carries her from the tent, pinning her arms to her sides in a tight embrace.” By Eugene Cross
Grade Inflation
“…he was doomed, despite his bowties, double-despite his bowties, to flounder in a group office, as a career adjunct.” By Dan Gutstein
Children
“Marty set his status to, ‘Helping a grunt. Back in a minute,’ and walked to Kate’s desk.” by Devan Goldstein
Reply Hazy
“We did this until last year, when Haystack said we were too busy and too old to bother. He was married and had a baby girl and sold insurance policies.” By Cam Terwilliger
Major Leaguer
“The truth was she had hated his plan from the beginning.” -by Kelly Luce
Cormorants
Best Man
“I don’t think that I’ve had too much to drink yet.” By Michael Kimball
I’ll Get Back to You
The Smallest Superman
Blue Skies
Knife Man
Guide to Rome
The Shadow of a Doubt
“She liked sports and working out, she’d always been butch and, as a child, acted as if she believed if Thomas were nice, he would have changed his sex for her.” By Lynne Tillman
Look at Me
“Tell him about how you were born in 1950, served your country proudly and have been married faithfully for 37 years, even if to three different women.” By Viet Thanh Nguyen
