“The Shit Machine” (or “ShitMo”) by Nkosi Ife Bandele
None of the men in my wife’s family ever changed a diaper. Not one. Not ever.
Tag: short fiction
“A Face in the Crowd” by B.L. Conradis
Max Renzi was running out of time. Scurrying through the crowd, his beady eyes scanning over the policemen, the TV reporters, the children clogging the sidewalk, he figured he had an hour, maybe two, before D.C. got too hot for him.
“Ride-Along” by Ron Riekki
He’s a cop. I’m not. It’s a Ride-Along Program. I did one before. With a cop who wouldn’t talk.
“The Six-Year-Old Serial Killer” by Chris Chan
“Mr. Funderburke, I think I may be a psychotic serial killer.”
“Gifted and Talented” by Eileen Vorbach Collins
Little scientists my ass! Left alone for a few minutes and they managed to do this.
“The Charnel” by Christopher Ryan
The man sitting in my living room says to me, “I heard what you did for that other guy.”
“A Day at the Zoo” by Jennifer Furner
I unload Amelia from her car seat, gather her snack and water cups, and zip them away in the diaper bag. I place her sunglasses on her face and ask, “Who’s ready for a fun day at the zoo?”
“The Rug Rat Diaries” by Anita Wong
In a moment of temporary insanity, Mommy took me shopping even though she had forgotten the entrapment device… er, I mean stroller… at home. My sister was at preschool. How hard could it be to run errands with one child?