PIGEON REVIEW

By Rachel Canwell - “Why don’t you all just sod off?” he says. He hasn’t got his teeth in but we can understand him just fine. “Dad!” Mum...

[Trigger Warning: School Shooting] By Megan Wildhood - Every spring, on the hill behind my ex-best friend’s house, someone sets up 15...

By Bart Plantenga - “molded by circumstances into a flaming soul dedicated to death”* -Yasuo Kuwahara He held his breath, touched his...

By Rachel Dotson - We sit together in the garden, and watch the flowers come to life at our command. The petals open easily. The dogs...

By Teddy L. Friedline - One seagull says to the other, “Nice weather today.” The second seagull, whose name was Andreas, says, “Yes, it...

[Trigger Warning: Cancer] By Cody B. Strange - “You know, it’s the worst in the morning. Waking up before the alarm, feeling good about...

By Barbara Miller - At Food Fare, a shiny red and silver box beckoned all the way from the toiletries section to the produce bin. Beth...

By Stephen Palmer - It was a long time ago but I still remember the day I came across Kathleen Devaney and Aaron Kearney together. And I...

By Pradeep Sen - (CALCUTTA CITY- INDIA) 1959 There is another truth that must be “Universally accepted,” other than the one suggested by...

By Amanda Johnson - When I was eight, my whole life changed. That was the year my parents divorced. It was also the year my father went...

By Hibah Shabkhez - Kaplumbağalar tekrar geliyorlar. You wriggle your toes in memory of the sand as you watch them pour out of the sea...

By Sam Marrah - As we exited the trail, we noticed a large number of people scattered about on the right side, where the fence had been...

By Nadja Maril - It was an old car. Probably a Chrysler, Chet figured. Definitely not a Ford or GM. Not Korean, Japanese or German...

By KJ Hannah Greenberg - Shelly picked a piece of chard out of her teeth with one of her broken nails. She wished that Emmanuel had cut...

By Megha Nayar - I drive Vaana to the animal shelter because she has been hankering for a dog. She doesn’t seem too happy en route. Why...

[Trigger Warning: Animal Abuse] By Katelyn Elwess - I’m twelve years old when I become a man. Dad enlists my help over dinner on a cold...

By Kasturi Goswami - The white of the envelope had mellowed down to a yellow tint. Addressed neatly in beautiful handwritten cursive to...

By Laurence Klavan - The apartment seemed different, Leylah didn’t know why. Had she dreamed that something happened and she’d awakened...

By Robert Scott - I get out when I can. Today, it is a run. Sunday morning, 6.23. I know. But I am getting old. And sometimes I like to...

By Christopher Mooney - The remnants of a near-forgotten dream tap at the inside of my skull, asking if I know whether the sun rises in...

By Liane Smith - I parted the branches of the hibiscus to get a better view of the alien plant. Its stem projected upward from the centre...

By Alexis Dinkins - “Did you hear? About the boy named Emmett?” Dolores asks Irene again, but Irene is feet ahead of her on the darkening...

By Cecilia Kennedy - As narrow paths wind their way to the top of Lace Back Falls, Kelsie wobbles in front of me, growing tired. To my...

By Tsveti Nacheva - Your fickle heart fell out of love. You’re leaving me. You’re packed. I have no light to guide you back. My words...

By Terri Mullholland - When she was a child, her dad would take her to watch the trains. There was a hill, just past the allotments,...

By Miranda Caravalho - The ghosts cross over on the first morning of Spring. Like birds flying South for Winter, once the weather warms...

By Ed Sams - Miss Eve Wycherly was my Sunday School teacher and my sister’s piano teacher as well. She was small and thin and had a...

By Sarah Gundle - The first fireflies of the season are out. They’re a bug that never made sense to me, one that would rather call...

By Claire Schultz - She can’t remember when she started forgetting. Or maybe she’s forgotten when she stopped remembering. It’s the same,...

By Sienna Baker - After the memorial, Thomas Cuthbert was alone. He walked down the street from the reception. It was still morning, but...

By Kate Simblet - And if you notice him pausing before he crosses the threshold, under the spiral of red, white and blue. Could you tell...

By Margo McCall - By the time his turn to shuffle arrives, my husband James is already slurring his words and dropping his cards. Our...

[Trigger Warning: References child abduction.] By Susan Sink - The swimming lesson came to an abrupt halt when someone pooped in the...

By Noreene Storrie - The darkness sneaked up on me. I’d tested dusk with my walk on Lilly’s steep C-curve driveway through woods with...

By Miranda Keskes - A child is spinning beside the slide in our community playground. Arms outstretched, eyes closed, head tilted up...

By Gloria R. Buckley - There is something enticing about the aromatic swirling scents of fall. Even in my grief, I still capture a dew...

By Jim D'Aloisio - Their fragile infeasibility, so tiny coming out of the egg, pawns against the weather and living predators, their...

By Cristina L. White - I see the shoes first—aqua blue running shoes. Bright aqua blue. The shoes must be at least a size twelve, maybe...

By Jeremy Scott - Sunflowers grew out of Virginia’s head and no one in her family ever thought to tell her that this was strange. She...

By Kenneth M. Kapp - Stan remembered how Cindy had looked at Hank. He swallowed. “Do you love him?” “Well,” Cindy’s jaw went up and down...

By Debra Lee - My grandfather added a rear upstairs room to his house when he was in his forties. When he came home from work, he didn’t...

By Mark Hannon - Mabel’s eyes popped open, and she looked at the clock radio. 5:25. Should I get up now? she thought. “No,” her mother...

By Michael Anthony - It began as a perfect summer day. The kind I had dreamt about during the final week of school. Though only the first...

By Denise O'Hagan - Squatting down at the quayside, he could see it clearly; he’d never been this close before. All hung over with ropes...

By Hantian Zhang - Summer, 1965. A white-hot, long afternoon. Narrow, staid alleyways flanked by rickety, wood-frame houses. We wake up...

By Mike Lee - Feeling like an empty vessel filled with dirt, Maeve slept badly, waking up every hour from two o’clock on. Finally, she...

By Peter J. Stavros - One time when I was a kid, Pops took me to the circus, just me and him, a “guys’ day” he called it. It wasn’t one...

[Trigger Warning: Implied sexual assault.] By Peter Zowa - I thought I knew what death looked like, its stinking breath reeking from its...

By Matthew McGuirk - The comfort of country air is something I’m growing to appreciate. The silent pauses with my hands in the dirt or...

By Ellen Sollinger - My dad became obsessed with sailing in the autumn of 1976. He had purchased a new 15-foot Sunbird sailboat after...