C.W. Bigelow

After receiving his B.A. in English from Colorado State University, C.W. Bigelow lived in nine U.S. northern states before moving to the Charlotte NC area. His fiction and poetry have most recently appeared in The Blue Mountain Review, Midway Journal, The Write Launch, Drunk Monkeys, Ponder Review, The Saturday Evening Post, Hare’s Paw, Hole in the Head Review, Flash Fiction Magazine, Glassworks, Blue Lake Review, Remington Review, Backchannels, Frost Meadow Review, Bare Hill Review, Discretional Love, Beach Chair Press, The Heartland Review, Litbreak Magazine, The Avalon Literary Review and Bluebird’s Scribe Review with a poem forthcoming in Main Street Rag.

Crashing the Club

I had a reputation for having a surly temperament. The surliness was a defense to the constant beratement from my father and his group at the club. I kept being told I was wrong, but I knew better. They were wrong. They lived in a wealthy bubble, protected from the real world where problems wandered the streets and seeped into the homes and apartments…

Flanked By These Heroes

One hundred stitches winding like a leafy vine across his backside kept Dorrey on his stomach and abruptly delayed his induction into the army. The weapon that wielded the damage had been the sharp edge of a tin can top, just an innocent bystander minding its own business. The blame lay somewhere between Dorrey, a fifth of Jack and a group of our friends gathered at a going-away party.
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