Robert GironJan 262021 Short Story Contest WinnerMy Pompeii by Leah Eichler “Is Betty Simkovits your maiden name? Do you know a Bayla Simkovits? Her brother was Dovid.” The text came in...
Robert GironNov 29, 20212020 Short Story Contest WinnerJackson Heights by Vikram Ramakrishnan The man hated the cold. That he forgot his beanie at the woman’s apartment annoyed him. After they...
Robert GironJan 19, 20212019 Short Story Contest WinnerEfimera by A. J. Rodriguez Tío Albert’s hand on my shoulder wakes me from the haze of the nap I’d fallen into. My ass is parked on a...
Robert GironJan 18, 20212018 Short Story Contest WinnerThe Resistence by Joan G. Gurfield France. February, 1943 The train lurched to a start. Vivvie grabbed onto the seat and then settled...
Robert GironJan 17, 20212017 Short Story Contest WinnerMore Cousin's Club Than Country by Rochelle Distelheim Jerusalem My friend lost her hair many years before I lost my country. In both...
Robert GironJan 16, 20212016 Short Story Contest WinnerPidgin by Elaine C. Ray Our youngest daughter, 10-year-old Desiree, comes into the bedroom, urinal in hand. "Good morning, Daddy" she...
Robert GironJan 15, 20212015 Short Story Contest WinnerThe Constellation of Scorpio by Julyan Peard The Constellation of Scorpio by Julyan Peard. I. Frances Serena Huxtable San Esteban...
Robert GironJan 14, 20212014 Short Story Contest WinnerLinkage by Steven J. Cahill Harlan never knew what his brother had under the hood. Always something new. Hotter plugs. Bigger carburetor...
Robert GironJan 13, 20212013 Short Story Contest WinnerAll the Obvious Reasons by Lynn Stegner What you heard were the hooves of the three horses with the mule at the end clattering through...
Robert GironJan 12, 20212012 Short Story Contest WinnerVoid by Karenmary Penn Iris returned from work to discover her husband Cropper, still dressed in his brown uniform, sitting in the...
Robert GironJan 11, 20212011 Short Story Contest WinnerThe Music She Will Never Hear by Kristin FitzPatrick On the way to the mine, the historian lets Jace control the radio, if there are any...
Robert GironJan 10, 20212010 Short Story Contest WinnerFat Tails by Daniel Degnan One by one I grab the salmon as they wriggle, spit, hiss – some with fins ripped off from their struggle in...
Robert GironJan 9, 20212009 Short Story Contest WinnerI-95 Southbound by Perry Glasser The day starts bad, then gets worse. Who should be surprised? Not yet 7:00 AM, too far from home, Geist...
Robert GironJan 8, 20212008 Short Story Contest WinnerWater by Tin Johnston She was a good sleeper, a dependable sleeper, but that night Charlotte woke up with her heart whumping, like a...
Robert GironJan 7, 20212007 Short Story Contest WinnerBetter Times by Mark Wisniewski There were at least thirty hornets in my medicine chest, which my landlord insisted I keep closed until...
Robert GironJan 6, 20212006 Short Story Contest WinnerHarvest Cycle by Marie Holmes Cassie found her announcement one day on the medical students’ board. It was the first flier of hundreds...
Robert GironJan 5, 20212005 Short Story Contest WinnerOn the Verge by Tim Mullaney “Do they really drink blood?” Ethan’s lip curls as he asks the question, as if to indicate he already...
givalpressJan 4, 20212004 Short Story Contest WinnerLegacy by Iqbal Pittalwala Thirteen years after he became a widower, the father decided, at age sixty-eight, to remarry. The wedding in...