“Stains”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
Stains
By Jonathan L. Eggers
Lipstick on the collar’s a classic. Obvious rouge diamond of an affair. Generations ago we would have been reading lengthy scrolls to prove scholarship. Now we read stains across the apparel of those who look both ways and keep discreet. They have the fascinating stories that make the day sail by more quickly. We remain quiet to let them know they’re secret’s safe with the immigrants who can’t speak English, but once the bell on the door frame makes the ring of exit we converse in it. Then we speak in our second language. Stains.
“Old Men”
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
Old Men
By Dan Schlegel
I was sitting in the passenger seat of my teal Buick behind a shopping center in Silver Lake, just a few miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Parked by the loading docks under a street lamp near a blue dumpster, I smelled rotten meat and stale beer creeping into my car through the back seat window. The window had been broken for about a year, stuck and always rolled down a few inches.
“A Deal Concerning Death”
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
A Deal Concerning Death
By Daniel Tozier
So we made this bet, him and I, that whoever died first had to go up to the devil and ask him if his refrigerator was running. You see, we would have done this in our current life, but we weren’t sure of the Devil’s phone number and the operator only hung up on us when we asked. I think she thought us to be making a prank call on her expense.
“The Dead Man’s Door”
Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by New Forum in Fiction, New Forum
The Dead Man’s Door
By Aaron Elias
Paddy felt a lonely rejection as he watched the undertaker leave through the gates. Too aware that he was unwanted by the town, and wouldn’t admit that he wanted his mother nearby. If only he had seen his partner for what he really was… but as a long-dead friend once told him: wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which fills first.
