Glenna by Lara McKusky
Glenna by Lara McKusky A plate of French toast dotted with powdered sugar slid in front of Glenna, knocking her smartphone aside. Eyes locked on her breakfast, Glenna’s hand shot out to catch the...
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UFO of the Yards by Garret Schuelke
Editor’s Note: Read the previous adventure of Gray Wolf (please don’t call him that) by clicking the link: “Trial on the Chicago River by Garret Schuelke” UFO of the Yards by Garret Schuelke A...
The Zen Master by Wally Runnels
The Zen Master by Wally Runnels Rocky was nervous about Moss Briggs. Hadn’t seen him for a while. Past eighty years old, he lived below the Mexican-American Border. He was a tough ole boy...
Trial on the Chicago River by Garret Schuelke
Trial on the Chicago River by Garret Schuelke The wind blew off of Lake Michigan, causing a group of teenage girls who were posing for a selfie to laugh. They agreed to get a...
Dead Position by Jenna Calloway
Dead Position by Jenna Calloway The Colonel’s clockwork tarantula unfurled in response to the typed command, then scuttled over the edge of the pit and triggered the game’s pneumatic mechanism. The macabre chess board...
Fiori’s Cabinet of Curiosities by James Fitzsimmons
Fiori’s Cabinet of Curiositiesby James Fitzsimmons April O’Casey fired the Winchester through a slit in the steel-reinforced coach. Bouncing on the bench across from her, Tobias Breen clutched a valise and shut his eyes....
Revenge is Wild Justice by Gary Ives
Revenge is Wild Justice by Gary Ives Arthur rattled the old cowbell he’d lifted from the table beside his cot. Minutes later, Lopez quietly entered holding a flashlight. “Señor? You okay?” “Help me to...
Book Review: Adventures of Sadie and the Mysterious White Fox
A moving memory of a beloved fur-baby The Adventures of Sadie and The Mysterious White Foxby Jeffrey Frye (Author), Stephen Miller (Author) I love the idea behind this children’s book. It is beautifully designed...
Countdown by Steve Carr
Countdown by Steve Carr -24- I can’t stop Debra from crying. She just left another frantic message on our son Jason’s cellphone. He’s seventeen. I think I might have broken my thumb, stupidly smashing...
Baked Earth by Steve Carr
Baked Earth by Steve Carr The earth was baked by the intense rays of the summer sun. The thudding of the horses hooves on the hard ground as the soldiers rode through the outpost...