Cyneas and Chloe by Steven Holtz
Cyneas and Chloe by Steven Holtz There was once a maid Chloe who, as her name may suggest, was devoted to the goddess Demeter. Chloe lived a solitary life in a small village seven...
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The Desert by Jake Walters
The Desert by Jake Walters He was windswept like the desert around him, floating, drifting through unwelcome bouts of pain, into other worlds where his feet staggered onward, toes dragging through the sand and...
Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen by Samantha Bryant
Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen by Samantha Bryant Patricia stared at the phone in her hand incredulously, then put it back to her ear. The muted TV mounted above the stonework gas fireplace in...
The Cold Sun by James Newman
Like a little child. I listened to her scream and shout in bed every night like a cat caught in a thunderstorm. At first I thought she was being stabbed to death by the...
Leverage by Paul Edmonds
Leverage by Paul Edmonds Mort Peters’ office was located above a scuzzy nail salon stuffed with a platoon of emaciated Asian women who looked like recent liberations from a sex-trafficking ring. The shop’s fluorescent...
The Dead at Hill’s Pond by William de Rham
Editor’s Note: Here is a thriller and mystery wrapped tight. Conscience is the devil in a criminal mind. Dead men tell no tales, but sometimes they don’t need to. The Dead at Hill’s Pond by...
Rosie’s Day by Bradley Sides
Rosie’s Day by Bradley Sides Every morning, I awaken early to watch her bake. Her frame lies flat, as she rises and expands. I am on another spectrum, though, as I stand; I bend...
Pilgrims of Tranquility by Raymond Greiner
My name is Caleb. I am sixteen years old and documenting my life thus far. I have no parents or siblings. I was scientifically created and live in a barracks facility among one hundred...
Flash Fiction: Graveyard Season by Daevone Molyneux
Grace sat at her desk scribbling away at what she hoped would be the next big hit in Barnes & Noble. She occasionally paused to dip her fountain pen into the tub of ink...