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King Arnold by Doug Hawley Our local Harbortown newspaper ran a strange item last week “I have two bowls stuck together. I’ve tried to pry them apart for a week. Next Tuesday at noon,...

Insanity at the Bus Stop by Mark Tulin Angela held the clipboard with the attendance sheet. She helped me supervise the patients when we went off the unit on field trips. Every Tuesday morning,...

What Holds the Future? by Bill Tope iSweeney sat in the examination room, clad in a hospital smock that was open in the back, and staring bleakly at the pale green walls and the...

More Than Me by Bill Tope 1Henry glanced down at himself, saw the threadbare white t-shirt with the food stains and where he’d brushed his teeth that morning and dribbled toothpaste onto the fabric....

Two Brothers by Bill Tope 1984It was well past midnight when Dad padded from his bedroom out to the living room of the small frame house in Southern Illinois. He had been awakened by...

Over the Counter by Paul Kimm Paul went to live in Russia on the fifth day of January in 1998. He was thirty years old. The Russian Federation was six years old, or to...

The Hospital by Brett Burland I used to talk a lot, but I don’t say much anymore. People don’t take the time to listen to me or anyone, as far as I can tell....

When Dr. Jekyll and His Wife, Sybil, Visited A Marriage Counselor by Maureen Mancini Amaturo It wasn’t her moods that confounded him. It was her impermanence. Even with his scientific background, Dr. Henry Jekyll...

The Raisin Man by Dann Wonser I bet you anything my mom is better than yours. You probly don’t believe me, so I’m gonna prove it, and you’re gonna wish your mom was as...

Bloodstained Quarters by Elwyn VJ Roth The door to the warehouse hung open, letting in harsh sunlight; drifting to cover up every shadow in the building and heating up the concrete from its usual...