She was washing a reeking chicken. Taking a dinner party risk, putting the family in the pot along with the vegetables. Smelling wafters of putridity along with the spices. She had certainly cooked a million of them, baked, roasted, boiled. This one was most definitely over the line. Even the washing didn’t seem to remove the nagging smell.
Print & Digital Issues
Featuring: Issue 95, published July 2020, features works of poetry, flash fiction, short nonfiction, and photography by Anatoliy Anshin, Shelley Benaroya, Barry Biechner, Kayla Branstetter, Linda Buckmaster, Jeff Burd, Louis Dennis, Steven Deutsch, donnarkevic, Kika Dorsey, Sharon L. Esterly, Laurette Folk, Eric Forsbergh, Meg Freer, Michael J. Galko, Brad G Garber, Melissa Grunow, Tresha Faye Haefner, Brett Harrington, Max Heinegg, AE Hines, Babitha Marina Justin, Babo Kamel, Alysia Kaplan, Emily Kingery, Kip Knott, Raphael Kosek, Mary Hills Kuck, DS Maolalai, Glen A. Mazis, Kiyoon Nam, Martina Reisz Newberry, BN Oakman, Michael Parker, Samantha Pilecki, Susan Pope, Mary Jean Port, Andy Posner, Paul Rabinowitz, Patrick T. Reardon, Rikki Santer, Robb Shaffer, John Sierpinski, Catherine Sutthoff Slaton, Karin Spitfire, Connie Wieneke, and Stephen Curtis Wilson.