An ON TIME Excerpt: “Pocket Watch Problems” by Allison Rott

Enjoy an excerpt from Allison Rott’s “Pocket Watch Problems” featured in our newest anthology ON TIME. Late. Late Late. The bus was pulling away, shouting didn’t change the course of the bus. Heels clacked on the sidewalk, cold hands pulled the patched coat tighter, chilled fingertips brushed against the rough papers, payment, a future meal or…

An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “Burke’s Mission” by Victor Hawk

He gave himself back over to the mechanical work of bicycling. Put enough leg effort into something, you don’t have the glycogen available for putting thoughts together. The sun rolled across the blue backdrop. “Posted. No trespassers.” Throop had put in a new cattle guard. Treacherous things on a road bike. Hickey had once caught…