Forest Creatures: Ember – Part Two
Short Story It went on like this for some time. The boy came into the forest each moon and collected the fruit in his basket. Each time the fright eased out of his spine....
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Forest Creatures: Ember – Part One
Short Story I make it my business to know what goes on in this forest. None of the other lumbering beasts have any desire to pay attention, to watch. But my pursuits are a...
Hugs From Jesus
Short Story The legs of my chair scraped against the floor and seemed to protest on my behalf. I pulled viciously at my tartan skirt and contorted my spine to escape from behind...
The Rocket
Short Story The morning had a crisp chill to it that had only just started to give way to the sun that creeped lazily over scattered clouds. Between rolling clover-covered hills a red barn...
50 Stitches of Cloth
Short Story Rachel looked at her class calendar in disgust. She thought for sure it was next week; now she has to cancel her burrito plans just to visit a mill in order...
Individual Of Concern
Science Fiction The tiny padded cell was devoid of any furniture except an elongated mirror that consumed one of the walls and a bright lime green button beside the door. In the centre...
Interview of a Lifetime
Short Story Grant slides his tie into the nook of his collared shirt. Looking at the mirror, he makes sure it is placed perfectly. He runs his hand through his hair; it is...
The Wanted Ad
Short Story Ring, ring, ring. “Hello.” “Howdy.” “Hi there, I’am calling about your wanted ad, I saw in the paper.” “Oh yes Hi, I do currently have an ad in the classifieds at...
Small Talk
Short Story I like to come out here. Yeah, it’s nice. There used to be a barn over there. I don’t know what happened to it-neighbors must have torn it down. I didn’t...
Behind Eyelids – Part One
Short Story The shock traveled up his arm and twinged into his neck muscles. Rippling like a predator cat, he slowly hefted the iron bar from the sticky mess between his feet. Flakes...
How It Feels to Be Fired
Alternative Fiction Every night, as I lay silently with my siblings, I could hear her screams. Although I desperately wanted to do something, I just stayed where I was, totally impotent. From my...
Saturday Afternoon
Short Fiction The woman came by each Saturday afternoon with a record player and a considerable stack of records. The hands that dropped them into place were heavily veined and thick with age,...
A Letter to Javier Marias
Fiction Letters Dear Your Royal Highness, The Esteemed Javier Marías, I am writing to submit to you my candidacy for Duke of Redonda. In doing so, I shall list the qualities that here...
My Vagabond Shoes
Short Story He was staring at my vagabond Fred Perry’s. They make a subtle suggestion, I said, that I am a bad-ass motherfucker. He grinned condescendingly. My dark grey jeans complimenting that notion as...
This Is a Satire
Short Story A black butterfly fluttered down from above. It was not lazily flying through the sunny park. It sought us out and landed on my knee. “Is that one of them?” Bill...
The Joys of Children
Short Story Katie’s room had never had the lace, dolls, or pink accoutrements of a typical girl’s room, not even when she was little. She had never asked for those things, and her...
River of Rats, Part One – Clichy-sous-Bois
Short Story It was early summer when Joanna and I arrived in Paris. The spring rains had just cleared and left behind a lightly reflective sheen on the old cobblestones. Everything had a sort...
Mindset – Part One
Short Story ‘I survived, is what I did. Five long months, and it could a been more, too, but for my head. I kept thinkin I needed to restock, but it was just...
The Human Comedy: The Afghani Waiter
Funny Fiction Mark and Dana had never tried Afghani cuisine before. They weren’t sure they’d ever try it again, but their friends had recommended the place, which felt exactly like they supposed an Afghani restaurant was supposed...
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