Publication: Ghost Parachute

  • Make Believe by Emily Rinkema

    I don’t know that I’ve read a story by Rinkema that I didn’t love. This one is short and still broke my heart at least three times. On our way to the water park the morning after his eighth birthday, my son Kyle gives us roles. “I’ll pretend to be a boy called Jesse,” he…

  • Unleashing the Dogs by Phebe Jewell

    All of the content warnings on this one, but it’s a doozy of a short read. First line: You tell yourself you won’t put the gun in your mouth while your mother is alive.