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...
LEGENDS
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...
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...
The Human Comedy: Small Change
Short Funny Stories The young woman felt for the subway beggar. She always felt for the subway beggars. Sometimes she gave, sometimes she didn’t. It depended on their appearance, their spiel, their perceived...
The Woes of the Zombie Man – Chapter I
Contemporary Serial Fiction During which the reader becomes acquainted with Boris and his beloved buddy Bugger Due to the abundance and the enormity of the festering boils that had plagued him his whole...
Mary in the Moonlight – Part One
Short Story Thomas had always been a sickly child. His parents hovered over him, fussing about, calling in new surgeons to inspect him. They all marveled over the fact that he still lived....
The Glass Breaker – Part One
Short Story And so, the cities burned. A plague of fire, ash, and cinder awash between great monuments and temples to achievement, set to ruin by the will of a Titan of Olympus....
