Ruby Insides Fiction by Ewan Davis Sullivan didn’t usually let his daughter in the room while he was working. The job was safer when Clara kept a lookout, but he felt like giving her a pass tonight, what with it being her tenth or eleventh birthday this week. The real medical examiner tended to announce…

Echo Fiction by Matthew Downing Daisy stared out the wide window wall overlooking Lake Michigan. It had taken her a month to find the perfect three-bedroom condo with hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and an unobstructed view of the lake. Now that they were finally settled, she could not believe Jordan had brought up Capri’s…

The Waiting Woman Fiction by Jessica Matelski I come back to myself one piece at a time. My throat is sore from shouting, my skin sticky with sweat and tears. Where is my mother? I haven’t finished forming the thought before I’m pushing the syllable out of my mouth, cracking my lips as they spread…

Motel Fiction by Marlon Martinez We spooned together weirdly when we’d wake up in the mornings. Afternoons. Somehow, after the fighting, the accusing, the sticking ourselves with needles beginning to rust, overturning of furniture, the misplacement of beds, after the maid coming to undo what had been done, just to have it happen all over…