Fiction
Short Stories
from The Last Frontier
The Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta is one of the biggest movements against environmental racism and state fascism in the United States today. In this short story “Don’t Let Me Down,” Georgia State Trooper Tim Carter leads a raid on the Weelaunee Forest to apprehend festival-goers and illegally charge them with domestic terrorism. During the raid, Lieutenant Carter’s own daughter is arrested, beaten, and sent to jail. His family torn asunder, Carter must grapple with the pain he’s inflicted on his own family and the purport of his livelihood.
In post-apocalyptic Atlanta, two brothers navigate the strictures of their village and their mother's disobedience.
Set in a New Orleans public school, this satirical and comical short story takes a look at the ins and out of a typical day of a fourth-grade math teacher who champions "good surveillance and strict discipline" as the best methods for effective education.
Melimi makes plans to undermine one of the most powerful families in Bolivaria and save her people from slow death.
"The past is never dead. It's not even past." Hari Bhakti, a Krishna devotee, faces the repercussions of his violent past.