1st Line by Mike Entile
Sammy Rotolo scanned the room of the shabby social club as he grabbed a piece of provolone from the antipasto platter and wondered if he was the only rat in the place.
Mike Entile has been writing historical fiction since his short story based on Custer's Last Stand won an award at his junior high's arts and science fair over forty years ago. Unfortunately, it's the last thing he's ever won.
1st Line by Mandy Brown
"No one ever plans this kind of thing, right?" he asked, eyes wary, biting his lip as he signed his new name.
Mandy Brown enjoys biting off more of the world than others think she can chew. When she isn't changing the world, she's changing diapers because she's convinced the two are related. She is currently studying for her BA in English at Texas State University.
"No one ever plans this kind of thing, right?" he asked, eyes wary, biting his lip as he signed his new name.
Mandy Brown enjoys biting off more of the world than others think she can chew. When she isn't changing the world, she's changing diapers because she's convinced the two are related. She is currently studying for her BA in English at Texas State University.
1st Line by Mark Boss
The smell woke her - something thick and coppery.
Mark Boss writes novels, which are available at most online booksellers. He blogs at: www.chimpwithpencil.com.
The smell woke her - something thick and coppery.
Mark Boss writes novels, which are available at most online booksellers. He blogs at: www.chimpwithpencil.com.
1st Line by Harry Pauff
The day I put a piece of bologna into the CD player and cranked the volume up was the day I knew I had to go to rehab.
Harry Pauff drives a green car, enjoys sushi and loves writing.
The day I put a piece of bologna into the CD player and cranked the volume up was the day I knew I had to go to rehab.
Harry Pauff drives a green car, enjoys sushi and loves writing.
1st Line by Chuck Dillon
No one makes it through a lifetime without doing something incredibly stupid, and as of last night, I was no exception.
Chuck Dillon is a question wrapped in an enigma wrapped in bacon.
No one makes it through a lifetime without doing something incredibly stupid, and as of last night, I was no exception.
Chuck Dillon is a question wrapped in an enigma wrapped in bacon.
1st Line by Michelle Morouse
Once in a while, she received checks from him in random amounts, like royalties from some long ago, one-hit wonder.
Michelle Morouse is a life-long Michigan resident, pediatrician and novice writer.
Once in a while, she received checks from him in random amounts, like royalties from some long ago, one-hit wonder.
Michelle Morouse is a life-long Michigan resident, pediatrician and novice writer.
1st Line by Glen Binger
Fingers crossed behind her back, she promised him that it was his son – it had to be.
Glen Binger writes things when he isn't in grad school, defending America from becoming more stupiderly dumber. He was born in space.
Fingers crossed behind her back, she promised him that it was his son – it had to be.
Glen Binger writes things when he isn't in grad school, defending America from becoming more stupiderly dumber. He was born in space.
1st Line by Ryan Hill
There’s a certain level of orchestrated privacy associated with riding the bus: everyone knows what everyone else is up to, so we all pretend to be blind and deaf until after someone’s left.
When not working a day job in the wilds of suburbia, Ryan Hill dreams of better tomorrows, and writes at http://www.ryanunderhill.blogspot.com.
There’s a certain level of orchestrated privacy associated with riding the bus: everyone knows what everyone else is up to, so we all pretend to be blind and deaf until after someone’s left.
When not working a day job in the wilds of suburbia, Ryan Hill dreams of better tomorrows, and writes at http://www.ryanunderhill.blogspot.com.
1st Line by J. Alfred Costanza
“From this moment forward, I’ll be a new man!” she shouted after the operation.
J. Alfred Costanza is unemployed and lives with his parents in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with Jujubes.
“From this moment forward, I’ll be a new man!” she shouted after the operation.
J. Alfred Costanza is unemployed and lives with his parents in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with Jujubes.
1st Line by Ryan Werner
We’d been following the mountain lions for years, and the only thing they held in common is that they all, when presented with the option, walked fifty miles north into Canada and died at the base of the same hill.
Ryan Werner is a janitor in the Midwest. He runs the music/literature project Our Band Could Be Your Lit.
We’d been following the mountain lions for years, and the only thing they held in common is that they all, when presented with the option, walked fifty miles north into Canada and died at the base of the same hill.
Ryan Werner is a janitor in the Midwest. He runs the music/literature project Our Band Could Be Your Lit.
1st Line by Danica Green
I spent the morning drinking Irish coffee out of my AA mug, trying to figure out whether it was ironic or apt.
Danica Green is a UK-based writer who lives in an attic and concussed herself on a beam earlier today. Also, the end of the 50 to 1 guidelines advised her to go outside, which she did, and got wet. Her work has appeared at 3AM Magazine and PANK and is scheduled to appear at Smokelong Quarterly, Eclectic Flash and Short, Fast and Deadly. Occasionally she does things here (http://danicagreen.webs.com/) and it's very exciting.
I spent the morning drinking Irish coffee out of my AA mug, trying to figure out whether it was ironic or apt.
Danica Green is a UK-based writer who lives in an attic and concussed herself on a beam earlier today. Also, the end of the 50 to 1 guidelines advised her to go outside, which she did, and got wet. Her work has appeared at 3AM Magazine and PANK and is scheduled to appear at Smokelong Quarterly, Eclectic Flash and Short, Fast and Deadly. Occasionally she does things here (http://danicagreen.webs.com/) and it's very exciting.
1st Line by R.S. Pyne
Bethany started all the trouble with her talk of things from beyond the grave and, in the end, the things decided to stay.
R.S. Pyne is a writer from Wales who lives with two good dogs and one bad one. Also a cat with plans to take over the world. Credits include: Albedo One, Aurora Wolf, Bards & Sages Quarterly, Fifth Di, Hungur, Lacuna, Neo-opsis, Silver Blade, Undead of Winter and others.
Bethany started all the trouble with her talk of things from beyond the grave and, in the end, the things decided to stay.
R.S. Pyne is a writer from Wales who lives with two good dogs and one bad one. Also a cat with plans to take over the world. Credits include: Albedo One, Aurora Wolf, Bards & Sages Quarterly, Fifth Di, Hungur, Lacuna, Neo-opsis, Silver Blade, Undead of Winter and others.
1st Line by KC Kovacs
Some days are like anvils - if you believe anvils will fall out of the sky and crush you right when you're in the middle of something important - and today is one of them.
KC Kovacs wanders the universe, trying to remain as anonymous as possible. You probably don't know her, even though you think you do.
Some days are like anvils - if you believe anvils will fall out of the sky and crush you right when you're in the middle of something important - and today is one of them.
KC Kovacs wanders the universe, trying to remain as anonymous as possible. You probably don't know her, even though you think you do.
1st Line by Craig Eldon Reishus
Deirdre had a Dublin mother, a Cockney father, a lesbian nanny and a Waldorf education – I didn't have to ask her twice to be my drug mule.
Craig Eldon Reishus lives as a single south of Munich, north of the Alps, and is an anti-nuclear activist, anti-night club piano player, all-around pro-Web guy and translator of a broad score of films and books. He originates from Fort Smith, Arkansas. www.reishus.de
Deirdre had a Dublin mother, a Cockney father, a lesbian nanny and a Waldorf education – I didn't have to ask her twice to be my drug mule.
Craig Eldon Reishus lives as a single south of Munich, north of the Alps, and is an anti-nuclear activist, anti-night club piano player, all-around pro-Web guy and translator of a broad score of films and books. He originates from Fort Smith, Arkansas. www.reishus.de
1st Line by Megan Lent
She had three personalities, which was already awkward, until puberty came and they all started trying to fuck each other.
Megan Lent once had a dream that she went bowling with her high school literature teacher, Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Henry Kissinger. She won by a landslide. She has stuff at Metazen and at Housefire. She thinks you should check out http://apostrophetothestars.blogspot.com for a good time. (By "good time," she means her snarky literature blog.)
She had three personalities, which was already awkward, until puberty came and they all started trying to fuck each other.
Megan Lent once had a dream that she went bowling with her high school literature teacher, Carlton from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Henry Kissinger. She won by a landslide. She has stuff at Metazen and at Housefire. She thinks you should check out http://apostrophetothestars.blogspot.com for a good time. (By "good time," she means her snarky literature blog.)
1st Line by Philip Tinkler
“Babies are just assholes waiting to happen.”
Philip Tinkler was born in the bucolic north of England. He has been published in the Mad Hatters' Review, Skive Magazine, Red Fez, Word Riot, The Dream People, and Six Sentences, with work forthcoming in Full of Crow. He lives in NYC with his words and woman. More ramblings can be found at philiptinkler.com
“Babies are just assholes waiting to happen.”
Philip Tinkler was born in the bucolic north of England. He has been published in the Mad Hatters' Review, Skive Magazine, Red Fez, Word Riot, The Dream People, and Six Sentences, with work forthcoming in Full of Crow. He lives in NYC with his words and woman. More ramblings can be found at philiptinkler.com
1st Line by William D. Hicks
I stared at the window and screamed “Don’t jump” before I realized it was me who was about to kiss the ground.
William D. Hicks lives in Chicago by himself (any offers?). Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to the famous comedian Bill Hicks (though he’s just as funny in his own right). Hicks will someday publish his memoirs, but they will be about Bill Hicks’ life. His poetry appears in LITSNACK, Cannoli Pie, Outburst, The Legendary, Horizon (Canada), The Short Humour Site (UK), The Four Cornered Universe, Save the Last Stall for Me and Mosaic.
I stared at the window and screamed “Don’t jump” before I realized it was me who was about to kiss the ground.
William D. Hicks lives in Chicago by himself (any offers?). Contrary to popular belief, he is not related to the famous comedian Bill Hicks (though he’s just as funny in his own right). Hicks will someday publish his memoirs, but they will be about Bill Hicks’ life. His poetry appears in LITSNACK, Cannoli Pie, Outburst, The Legendary, Horizon (Canada), The Short Humour Site (UK), The Four Cornered Universe, Save the Last Stall for Me and Mosaic.
1st Line by Ryan Underhill
One of the most fascinating things about death is the process by which a body stops being a he or she, and becomes an it.
Ryan Underhill plucks words from the ether and tries to put them in the right order. His work can be found at http://www.ryanunderhill.blogspot.com
One of the most fascinating things about death is the process by which a body stops being a he or she, and becomes an it.
Ryan Underhill plucks words from the ether and tries to put them in the right order. His work can be found at http://www.ryanunderhill.blogspot.com
1st Line by Debbi Antebi
Slowly his eyes surrendered to the strong pull of sleep - first the wheel and then his life slipped from five limp fingers.
Debbi Antebi has work published in 50 to 1, Apollo’s Lyre, Short, Fast and Deadly and several other publications. She lives in Istanbul, Turkey. Visit her @debbisland.
Slowly his eyes surrendered to the strong pull of sleep - first the wheel and then his life slipped from five limp fingers.
Debbi Antebi has work published in 50 to 1, Apollo’s Lyre, Short, Fast and Deadly and several other publications. She lives in Istanbul, Turkey. Visit her @debbisland.
1st Line by DAMM
His only reclamation was that the regret festered as he chewed it, a sad, clumpy bubble gum of should have been.
DAMM was born raised and will probably die in Glenwood Springs Colorado. He is father to two lovely daughters Kira and Hunter, has traveled the Western United States by box car and thumb, and genuinely believes in mankind to be decent. His work SlackJack was published in the Slingshot Litareview and can be found hanging around (entirely too much) at dammswordworld.wordpress.com.
His only reclamation was that the regret festered as he chewed it, a sad, clumpy bubble gum of should have been.
DAMM was born raised and will probably die in Glenwood Springs Colorado. He is father to two lovely daughters Kira and Hunter, has traveled the Western United States by box car and thumb, and genuinely believes in mankind to be decent. His work SlackJack was published in the Slingshot Litareview and can be found hanging around (entirely too much) at dammswordworld.wordpress.com.