Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part Five
Horror Story Shutting the door of her room gave Jennifer an enclosed, cocoon sensation that made her knees weak and her eyelids heavy. She emptied her pockets of their contents and dropped them on...
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The Human Comedy: Street Cleaning
Comedy Fiction Short Stories Marty McMichaels had two choices — the same two choices he had every time they came — and neither choice was a good one.It was Tuesday morning in Manhattan, and it...
Forest Creatures: Quiet – Part Five
Fantasy “Would you like to know the secret?” Little Thing nodded. “If you can survive submerging yourself in this spring I will tell you and then I will make love to you.” The human...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part Four – The Brewer 5
Serial Fiction He smiled. She smiled harder. She pointed at her throat making a sign that she had lost her voice. The Brewer nodded in understanding. ‘It’s poetic not having to talk to...
Reunion of Death – Part Five
Serial Mystery Chapter 10 Eight people gathered in a big house in central Missouri to finish planning their high school reunion, and now one of them was dead. Rita and Christina sat next...
Sleeping In The Shadow Of Morpheous – Part Five
Serial Story I woke up on another couch, in a house. She was there. She shook my chest and made sure I was awake and ready. She led me outside to the garden,...
Misjudged – Part Five
Short Story After realizing that his parents were waiting for him at the end of the path, Tommy stopped short. Cash stumbled into him and said,“What’s the hold up, little man?” Tommy, who was too...
The Woes of the Zombie Man – Chapter V
Serial Fiction During which Boris is interrupted by and retaliates against libelers Pot smoke swam between the brick walls of the alley as the wind played with it, possibly a little high itself. A...
River of Rats, Part Five – Pigalle
I don’t remember ever talking about it, or how a decision was made. But one night, we jumped the turn-styles at the Pont Neuf station- because we didn’t have money even for that- and rode...
The Tramp – Part Five
Serial Story Down the road, the Tramp saw a collection of cars jumbled together in a massive crash that must have contained at the very least eight automobiles. Knowing he didn’t have enough...
The Malevolent One – Part Five
Serial Fiction Story Joe sat chained to his hospital bed. His wrist already beginning to chafe against the plastic zip tie that held his stiff body in the bed. When the alarm first...
You Were Born Of… – Part Five
Free Verse Story When I died, I mean when they killed me, there were no bright tunnel lights, no singing angels sitting on fluffy clouds strumping harps, no rough necked thugs, no heaven and...
