by Janet Goldberg We’d been playing for two hours. Texas Hold ’Em. Five Card Draw. Seven Card Stud. Chicago. From my childhood, I knew the names well enough, my father a long-time gambler, but I was hardly an expert. All I really knew was that it was a loser’s game, my father ending up in […]
by Craig Borri The first thing Manuel noticed was the lack of pain. This pleasantly surprised him. The next thing he noticed was he was walking. This was also a surprise, since he hadn’t been able to do that for nearly a year. Then another surprise, he realized he was wearing his old SEAL uniform
by Robert Runté So, Mr. Shakey came over the intercom saying it was 2:03 and would all the teachers stop whatever they were doing and please water the plants? As Mrs. Harness went for the door, Bethany-Anne reached over from her desk and peeked out under the shutters. Mr. Shakey? Oh, sorry. Mr. Sheckley, the
by Joe Michael Feist Jack McCarthy would have crushed the alarm clock had he not moved it just out of reach the night before, knowing himself as he did. He threw one leg off the bed, then the other. That’s all I need today, he thought, as he twisted to massage a stiff neck
by George Yatchisin Is there any bigger ask than the exact?I hope to live in approximation nation,my days a seesaw with a burly boyso often at the far end of the board.Even the French suggest comme cicomme ça, their words singinga sense that things could swing inany direction, that results awaita mere vowel away from
To everyone who had the courage to submit to Twin Flame Literary: we applaud you! Thank you to everyone who supported Twin Flame Literary in its inaugural edition – we’re so proud to finally bring you the finished product. After meticulously going through over 700 submissions from 44 different countries, we’ve curated 23 pieces that
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by Andrea Mazzariello Twenty years ago I found a recording of my father playing the piano. I burned it onto a blank CD, sketched my father’s silhouette across the reflective acrylic in permanent marker, and gave it to him as a retirement gift, the music he once played lasered under a drawing of his
by Amy Soricelli Darling, How I Love You Twice The country singer says he has two eyes,and one watches you walk away.The other just loves you, and sees you,and there is nothing in the blue but the blue. I wonder if the country song is about you,and how you have two hearts.One you gave
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by Valentine Mizrahi My stupid phone, it rings and rings. I can see it’s Asher, my younger son, an urgent ring, pressing, distracting me while I drive. My phone is perched on the console between the front seats. I don’t answer. It is raining, hard. The phone rings again and again. Then the alarming pings
by Deborah Blenkhorn ” Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind?” – Robert Burns, 1788 When he was born, the youngest of seven, they had to change all his blood—right through the top of his head. “I was Rh-negative,” his mother, my godmother, explains to those who hear the story. Now, I think, he