Broadkill ReviewFeb 2823 min"Goodbye Joan" by Susan HolcombAt 7 am on a Friday, Ellie stood outside her apartment dressed like Joan of Arc. From her window upstairs the street had looked sunny and...
Broadkill ReviewFeb 2815 min"One Hit Wonder" by Dan A. CardozaWay back in Tommy Tutone's childhood Chicago, the word on the street is that Tommy was conceived under a dead hickory tree, on top of a...
Broadkill ReviewFeb 1414 min"Courtship" by Terry MergenthalThe Walther P22 in Carl Peltier’s glove compartment isn’t the same gun his father used. That was the P38, heavier by a pound and forever...
Broadkill ReviewFeb 719 min"The Posthumous Father" by Robert PopeWhen I originally wrote this story and sent it to a magazine I thought might be interested, I got it back with the note they rejected it...
Broadkill ReviewJan 2711 min"Emotional Rescue" by Stephanie TamagiEddie says things must change between us, that they can’t be as before. “Because I’m not here anymore, not really.” He has tried to...
Broadkill ReviewOct 31, 202121 min"Unhappy Dido" by Diane LeferThey started with Ravel’s Bolero. Instead of the snare drum with a quiet heartbeat tap, the concert took off with a bang. Sure, before...
Broadkill ReviewOct 31, 202121 min"Unseen Links" by Rebecca L. Monroe“Two cents.” Sarah looked up in surprised. “Oh, nothing. I wasn’t thinking anything.” Emma raised an eyebrow. “Really? Is that why you...
Broadkill ReviewOct 31, 202114 min"Dying to Know" by J.D. KotzmanPeople die every day. That’s what I kept telling myself anyway—anything to explain why we put Lisa in the ground this morning, why a...
Broadkill ReviewOct 31, 202115 min"Grounded" by Kim BradleyThe crop duster was named for his mother’s ornery great uncle, Hawthorne Eustis Middleton. Young Hawthorne never took to it. When he was...
Broadkill ReviewOct 31, 202111 min"Veterans' Reunion" by Toni ArtusoCW/TW: Historical racism In memory of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (AKA Lyons Wakeman) (1843-1864), who died in hospital while serving with the...
Broadkill ReviewSep 30, 202116 min"The Spiritual Property of Tully Lieberman" by Walker ZuppI Today I intend to document how the middle-aged, physically fit and balding Tully Lieberman lived in a house on the very edge of the...
Broadkill ReviewSep 30, 202111 min"West Side Highway" by Leah EricksonWhen she emerged from the elevator, he was surprised to see that she was alone. Usually, she was with her husband, on the way to a book...
Broadkill ReviewSep 30, 202111 min"Someone in the Know" by Gretchen HaysI’ve got the number on Lou. I can tell you his routine, his habits, how and when he laughs and who he spends his time with (no one) and...
Broadkill ReviewJul 18, 202113 min"En Garde" by Mary Claire KingWalking through Melinda’s apartment, Alice decided the bathroom would be the best place to hold a private conversation. The apartment...
Broadkill ReviewJul 1, 202125 min"Waiting for the Noun" by Paul GarcíaJoe walks past the grey-painted cinder block walls and numbered steel doors to introduce himself. The young corrections officer staring...
Broadkill ReviewJul 1, 20218 min"The Schubert Quartet" by Robin Ray“Ugh.” I don’t know what woke me up just now, but my head feels like there’s an overweight clown with leaden boots performing cartwheels...
Broadkill ReviewJul 1, 20216 min"Rondo in a Minor Key" by Nina Rubinstein AlonsoI try to stay away from maddening people, better than I used to be at spotting them, but Alejandra called after her accident. “Bad enough...
Broadkill ReviewJul 1, 202114 min"San Armando" by A.J. OrtegaI was lucky to survive sixth grade. It was the same year the Plaza de Toros Monumental was demolished just across the border. It was a...
Broadkill ReviewMay 2, 202125 min"An Ode to Dirt-Bags and Behind the Scenes Georges by Skookum Maguire" by Robert BennettI sat in my six-month-old, three-quarter-ton pickup with the air on and watched as streams of people came and went from the single-story,...
Broadkill ReviewMay 2, 202115 min"Smoke City" Michael ChinMadeleine cradled my ankles in her arm pits, my body bent into a crescent, legs long and oiled, feet bare in the customs of Smoke City...