The jet engines roared, the sky did a cartwheel, and, far below, drowning in the waves, Haiti shrank to a smudge. Nine-year-old Carlton Joubert, who was sitting next to Grandma, wasn’t feeling too good.
I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER by Munib Haroon

Decimal Place was heaving. Shorn of fans, hangers-on, groupies, and professors of pure mathematics, the numbers had gathered at the family home to put to bed one seemingly simple question: “Who’s the greatest?”
THANKS FOR THE RIDE by Philip Charter

You were a real asshole that morning.
NOT CHESS by Gordon Cash

In a rare idle hour, I watched the two ancient-looking men play chess.
CHILDREN by Rickey Rivers Jr.

My cousin has a child; My used-to-be friend has a child; My niece has a child.
LAYERS (Or the contents of a strong Pakistani woman’s handbag) by Fizza Sohail

Somehow, when things went in, they had a problem getting out
THE HURT by Chris Dean

She was bigger than most kids, so Amanda kept to herself growing up. The other children were simply too fragile to play with.
ANTLERS by Lucy Wallace

Anton was the first to suggest I get the antlers removed.
PERSUADE ME by Mariah Montoya

Anabelle Medina’s suggestions were powerful.