Literary short stories by established and emerging writers. Tim Raymond Come Running "Oh, that little blue blanket from the plane! I've never seen those in real life. Out and about. You know what I mean." Zehra Nabi Cowkiller The banker was driving down Sir Syed Road when a cow ran across the street. The banker killed the cow. Cowkiller, cowkiller, cowkiller, the five surviving cows thought as they stood at the side of the road. Matthew Lansburgh Enormous in the Moonlight Sometimes patients who don't see their children for a long time think they've simply died. It's a way of coping. Mark Fishman Songwad Road I didn't see what I thought I saw, a little reassurance, or maybe I did, joking with himself, Khamsing putting a roselle and tamarind candy, Kra Jiab Daeng, in his mouth, no more cigarettes, and he knew that what he'd seen had really happened. Angela So The Water in Our Hearts Has Fallen He'll think about walking across the street and knocking on the door and speaking to their mother, offering his condolences, but he will shrink and his goodness will fail him. Toby Wallis The Sudden End of Everything I have no idea what a bivouac is, but I don't say so. I just make a little ah noise, trying to sound interested but noncommittal. Erin Rose Belair Rare Items from the Universe Everyone was tired from the seventies and seemed to be settling down. We rented a one-bedroom bungalow, the floors a milk-white tile. Karen Malley Fragile She's thinking about something, Doug remarked to himself, and I'm thinking about something, and what I'm thinking about has nothing to do with what she's thinking about. In their minds, he thought, people are always pretty far away from each other. Julia Phillips Nadia Back there, in that village they'd left behind, like a child trapped in a stone playpen, was Chegga. His garbage palace of a rental house where they'd spent the last thr