Lachlan – Part Four
Short Story There was something in the bath. Henry looked up and saw a dark shape moving behind the shower curtain. There was a deep guttural humming, and splashing and squelching and slapping. Henry...
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Animal Dilemmas – Pig Lizard
Short Story The Lizard was used to attacks of the sort. As if every living creature wanted a piece of its home. The Lizard knew exactly what to do and how to time it....
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 reflective sheen on the old cobblestones. Everything had a sort of misty...
The Wind Blew And The Old House Groaned, Part One – The Damp House
The old damp house dripping wet and sagging from the rain loomed ahead on the hill. The two boys stood in front of the gate paralyzed. “Come on, don’t be such a wuss,” said...
The Human Comedy: Gary Golson Goes to the Gym
Short Story Gary Golson had to go to the gym Three weeks of apathy had happened to him Three weeks of atrophy had worn his limbs slim He had to get back to the gym...
Animal Dilemmas – Cat Bee
Short Story The Bee flew out of the window like a rocket using all its strength. Ejecting its poison into the giant required tremendous effort. What the Bee didn’t know was that most bees of...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part One: The Baker 3
Short Story He was named Anton. Not after anyone in his family. His kin started in the fires of war and peace that ravaged Eastern Europe. His grandfather fled to the New World. He...
Jopp’s Folly – Part Four
Sci Fi Series “Welcome home, Sweets,” quipped Jopp as the glowing mass of Pa Nui appeared ahead of them. A thousand multicolored towers huddled together atop a chrome hemisphere floating in open space. Loi...
Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part Twenty Two
Short Story As he was distracted, Jennifer quickly dropped down and let her left arm lie on the ground. She planted her foot over the hand’s two broken fingers and was able to wrench...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part One: The Baker 2
Serial Fiction Reality was incarnated into a modern black and white photograph. A wrinkled old man holding a cigarette, wavy gray hair, thoughtful eyes. Wearing the same shoes for the past ten years. The...
The Baker, The Butcher and The Brewer, Part One: The Baker 1
Short Story ‘Our choices have been made for us by our drunk parents.’ Said Archibald casually. Anton’s scattered mind visibly focused on that thought and his mentor’s eyebrows. He was born dry-mouthed. ‘Do not...
The Human Comedy: Piano Man
Satire The music man played on. It was the third hour of his fifth set on the fourth night of the cruise. At dawn they would dock, and by 4 p.m. they’d set sail...
