Imposter by Barry Garelick
Imposter by Barry Garelick A few days after arriving in Arlington, Virginia, Mark had a dream about Jesus. Mark was standing in the kitchen of the suite at the Doubletree Inn, where he and...
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Blush on the Rose by Bill Tope
Blush on the Rose by Bill Tope Many years ago, when I met this sweet young girl, she was like a breath of fresh air in her buoyant, carefree way. She was that slender,...
Georgie in Wintertime by Dan Morey
Georgie in Wintertime by Dan Morey Georgie watched the squirrel through his kitchen window. It raced across a power line, paused briefly, then jumped six feet into an apple tree. “Bravo!” said Georgie. The...
Touch of Velvet by Bill Tope
Editor’s Note: This short story is a work of fiction. The views expressed in this fiction are solely of its author. This fiction does not reflect nor represent the views, beliefs and opinions of...
Factory Theodicy by Olivier Faivre
Factory Theodicy by Olivier Faivre Theodicy: argument vindicating God’s goodness in view of the existence of evil We’re all looking at the financial auditor hunched over his paper-thin laptop. He’s perusing the digital scorecard...
Big Yellow by Bill Tope
Big Yellow by Bill Tope i Before I ever met him, Brett was described to me by my Iranian friend and housemate Vahid, as “some barfly from The Stagger Inn,” referencing a tavern where...
High Wire by Ken Foxe
High Wire by Ken Foxe How many times did Ryan wish, pray, day and night dream he could take those words back? When the rain poured down, when the wind howled, and when the...
Blood on His Boots by Gary Ives
Blood on His Boots by Gary Ives I am a small person. I yearned to be bigger, and early on realized how a uniform put a person perceptibly larger in the eyes of others....
Book Review: One False Step by Mark SaFranko
Rousing emotions and flailing humans Setting the atmosphere for yet another exploaration of human nature, the latest novel from SaFranko has you interested in protagonist Clay at once. You never know what you got...
The Keys to the Highway by Frederick K Foote
The Keys to the Highway by Frederick K Foote Back in the day, when I was a snot-nosed little rascal growing up in the country, the old folks used to say stuff like, “Homer...
