"Good Intentions"
She’d followed the unfolding story with the obsessive fascination of someone passing a multi car wreck on the freeway, slowing down so as...
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Chris Cleary
- Jul 1, 2019
- 11 min
"A Far, Far Better Thing"
Father and Mother marched them down Cresson to see him off at the station. Their brother’s duty was his to perform, so his three sisters...
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Albert Howard Carter III
- Jul 1, 2019
- 13 min
"The Bank Robbery, the Family Council, and How I Got to College"
The radio blared the news right away: a daring daylight robbery at the Farm and Ranch Federal, one of two banks in our little town. I was...
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Michael Brantley
- Jul 1, 2019
- 6 min
"I Didn’t Care About None of That"
The air was still, like it gets in July when the whole of eastern North Carolina becomes a furnace. No breeze, no movement, nothing to...
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Tim Linehan, Jr
- Jul 1, 2019
- 13 min
Excerpt from Hannah Gould
Thomas (Tim) Linehan is a Broadkill Review Contributing Editor for 2019. His new YA Historical novel, Hannah Gould is about a Polish,...
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Glen Weissenberger
- Jul 1, 2019
- 15 min
"Nathan's Legacy"
As he reached for the phone on the bedside table at 3:30 in the morning, Garth had little doubt it was his brother calling. “Garth, he’s...
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Tim Menees
- Jul 1, 2019
- 11 min
"Down Along the Lionel Lines"
Darby always wanted to own the Santa Fe. Elaine over on the sofa had never shared his passion. She said, "Hmmm." He asked asked what...
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Tony Artuso
- May 1, 2019
- 19 min
"The Temp"
The minute I laid eyes on her, I noticed something different about the woman seated in SMP’s 5th floor reception area. I don’t mean just...
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Steven Leech
- May 1, 2019
- 18 min
"Fadette’s Secret"
The northbound train on which Dr. Kendal was riding stopped in Wilmington long enough to take on passengers and for a vendor to come...
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Matthew H Emma
- May 1, 2019
- 7 min
"Marion's Epiphany"
My husband, Prince Manfred ‘Manny’ Susswig of Bavaria was late. I had already occupied my usual season spot in Seat One, Row Nine,...
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Mike Sutton
- May 1, 2019
- 11 min
"Five Past"
Mrs. Gail’s fingers tap the counter as a man counts out pennies, one by one. He sounds out each number, pausing between every coin, and...
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Rebecca L. Monroe
- May 1, 2019
- 17 min
"Box"
Tim wiggled more firmly into the chair. It was his. Finally! Tomorrow he would bring his things in and truly make it his own. Then he’d...
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Jamie Brown
- Apr 19, 2019
- 9 min
"Riki Gonzalvez"
Enriquetta Maria Conchita Gonzalvez hated her name and insisted on introducing herself as "Riki" to everyone she met, whether in the ...
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Owen Smith
- Mar 2, 2019
- 16 min
"The Last Stop"
Harry stood up in the break room at Atlantic Terminal as he recollected his belongings. He glanced at the small steam engine keepsake...
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Jeff Barker
- Feb 28, 2019
- 14 min
"Very Stable Genius"
I’m often surprised with what I see when I walk past the half a dozen or so rows of first class seating into the more narrow communal...
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Bradley VanDeventer
- Feb 28, 2019
- 15 min
"My Cousin, the Caryatid"
The Classical world was making a comeback. Funny thing was, it was the Persians who started it all. History described battles where...
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J. Wade Cook
- Feb 28, 2019
- 6 min
"Emperor"
The building was so close to the Dotonburi Canal, that from the top floor we could look almost straight down on the foot traffic on the...
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Lindsay Chudzik
- Feb 28, 2019
- 21 min
"Jennifer Grey's New Nose"
Listening to a new voicemail, Graham forgot he was sitting across from Corrie Pfrang on her bathroom floor, her old medicine cabinet...
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Robert Bennett
- Feb 28, 2019
- 22 min
"A Good Night's Sleep"
They came to an unusual place in the deep green foliage along the seaward side of the Coastal Sikiyous—an open area where a small grove...
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Ryan Burruss
- Feb 28, 2019
- 14 min
"Helen"
He tried to see through the curtains, tried to see the light he knew was kept on the other side, and listened to Helen whisper into the...
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