Two Brothers by Bill Tope
Two Brothers by Bill Tope 1984It was well past midnight when Dad padded from his bedroom out to the living room of the small frame house in Southern Illinois. He had been awakened by...
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Hog Heaven, A Lawyer’s Pig Tale by Steven Eichenblatt
Hog Heaven, A Lawyer’s Pig Tale by Steven Eichenblatt A primal scream pierces the quiet. Twigs snap with assault rifle speed as the rustle of leaves approaches my perch. A foul stench that reeks of...
Over the Counter by Paul Kimm
Over the Counter by Paul Kimm Paul went to live in Russia on the fifth day of January in 1998. He was thirty years old. The Russian Federation was six years old, or to...
People v. Meriaux by C. David Ray
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a fictional excerpt from a fictional law school textbook, describing the conviction of a man for murdering alien life during humanity’s accidental first contact with them. We hope readers find...
Vacation by Tom Koperwas
Vacation by Tom Koperwas Bill Johnson sat in his cubicle and waited for the staff to leave. It was five o’clock on a hot afternoon in July, the start of the annual plant shutdown....
The Case of the Musical Orb by Shant Khodadadian
The Case of the Musical Orb by Shant Khodadadian Heroes’ Street was as lively as ever. The name originated from the belief that this was the exact place where the heroes of yore gathered...
A Long Walk Up and a Short Drop Down by M. Armstrong
A Long Walk Up and a Short Drop Down by M. Armstrong Billy Vanderveer lay his head upon the stone floor of his cell and sighed. The rough granite felt refreshingly cool against his...
Pillow Talk by James C. Clar
Editor’s Note: Read the previous adventures of the two Hawaii Police Detectives by clicking the link: “Beggars Would Ride” and “The Way The Cookie Crumbles” Pillow Talk by James C. Clar “You know, Jake,”...
Tweaker by Leah Erickson
Tweaker by Leah Erickson She had not used for two and a half months. It was her third time getting clean. It was her second time in a sober house. It was her first...
The Matryoshka by Matias Travieso-Diaz
The Matryoshka by Matias Travieso-Diaz “Marriage is made of lies. Kind ones, mostly. Omissions. If you give voice to the things you think every day about your spouse, you’d crush them to paste.”~ Lauren...