The Music’s Gonna Get You Margo Williams __________ Caitlin saw him from across the tavern. He was at least ten years older than she, maybe more.  His dark hair grew in waves to his shoulders; his five o’clock shadow was sexy. He strummed his guitar with such purpose. Long pale…

Little by Little Susan Tepper __________ A drum roll woke me at 3am.  When I saw that time lit in red on my alarm clock I almost had a hemorrhage. The racket was coming from the downstairs apartment.  I got up and kicked the floor a few times.  No change. …

Hot Jazz Michael Czyzniejewski __________ Carlisle texted to tell me he quit, that he was going to work the club scene, that he was going to blow some hot jazz. I didn’t understand what he was babbling about, our presentation due in two days. Our boss, Davenport, was not the…

In the Style Of… James Brubaker __________ Here is Ohio. And here is Dayton, and here is a suburb, a strip mall, a bar—a karaoke bar. I am neither a patron, nor an employee. I am something else entirely, sick with anticipation, throbbing from the bar’s early evening quiet. I…