Strength of will got me to Brooklyn on a drizzling Saturday afternoon. Dreadlocked kids in torn, paint-spattered jeans lugged crates of art supplies, rolls of butcher paper and large blank canvases through […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “Nut Case” by Samuel Vargo
Nut Case. That’s what we call him. It fits. He’s crazy. And dangerous. Don’t get too close to Nut Case, you can hear him ticking – clicking down to another big explosion. […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “Different Day” by Mike Bates
Mi madre says they have expression back in Mexico, Otro día, la misma mierda. I laugh and tell her they have the same expression here in América, “different day, same shit.” Mi […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “The Waver” by David Osmundsen
“ERES UNA PUTA!” Alejandro Judaz waved the gun like a child waving a flag at a parade. Marela would’ve laughed at the melodramatics on the TV screen if Miguel hadn’t been shrieking […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “The Other Side of Things” by Mark Sumioka
I’d hit it fairly hard the previous night. My eyes were pinched, and the damn headache was piercing a tiny hole at the back of my skull. The pain toyed with me, […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “A Vision of Venus” by Iftekhar Sayeed
“Grave the vision Venus sends” – W.H.Auden It was a fateful decision we took on that morning to make love. I slumped in ecstasy on her body, her chiffon magenta saree […]
S&R Fiction: “Genuflection” by A.J. Huffman
The obedient dancer enters, on pointe. A sacrifice of white, she does not realize she is already a ghost of the star she should have become. Her veil flies behind her, wing […]
S&R Fiction: “Henry’s Suicide” by Jennifer Ryan
8:20pm London All four of them got the summons at the same time. Annabel was working an art event in Chelsea, waiting for Sebastian to whisk her away. Elliot claimed to be […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “Return to Me,” by Mark Sumioka
There is a capability within. Knowing how to stop. I know how to stop. In fact, it’s very few and far between when I need to, because I know how to gauge […]
Scholars and Rogues Fiction: “The Shirt,” by Patty Somlo
Ji-li stood in the small dark room, studying her reflection in the cloudy mirror. Barely blinking, she watched herself fold a worn shirt and slip it into her large, right pants pocket. […]
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