War Hero by Ralph Benton
War Hero by Ralph Benton Even under a fat layer of duranium Trooper ‘Lab Rat’ Reed trembled as he strapped himself into the driver’s pod of the tokatank called Nightmare. While death in a...
Vol 14
Whistle Stop by James D. Fratto
Whistle Stop by James D. Fratto We met three years ago in The Hague. I was on faculty leave, conducting research at the Gemeentemuseum, on Dutch women artists. Jeffrey Landers was a reporter from...
Panorama – The Night Owl Superhero by Jon Moray
Panorama – The Night Owl Superhero by Jon Moray “Where do we set up camp?” asked Conrad, the eager camper that just earned a degree in Wildlife Science. “Just a few hundred yards more....
Mistaken Identity by M.A. De Neve
Mistaken Identity by M.A. De Neve “It was a pleasure to meet you,” the funeral director shook Laura Shane’s hand. “Thanks, so much,” she said. He’d been a godsend. Laura didn’t know what she’d...
A Woman Named Dixie by Leroy B. Vaughn
A Woman Named Dixie by Leroy B. Vaughn The waitress stopped wiping the counter, as she watched the old pickup truck that had just pulled up to the front of the diner in Sunizona,...
Red Lights by Danielle Ramaekers
Red Lights by Danielle Ramaekers Suspended in front of her face was a small creature radiating a soft red light. Not too glary, but enough to illuminate from its head down to its tiny...
Bernie House by David Castlewitz
Bernie House by David Castlewitz As president of Bernie House, Walt Diablo had a lot to lose if he got caught with contraband. That made him well suited for the mission, he reasoned, as...
Transfemation by John Baldwin
Transfemation by John Baldwin “What if we could just become someone else? The same me, but with a drastically different persona?” Shawna asked this, not really expecting an answer from Terrence. They were very...
Proof of Life by Madeline McEwen
Proof of Life by Madeline McEwen Car horns honked as Myra Sykes awoke in her Taurus-cum-office parked on Koch Lane in Willow Glen, an upscale neighborhood of San Jose. She peered, bleary-eyed over the...
Embracing the Night by Andrew Hughes
Embracing the Night by Andrew Hughes Bill Schultz stepped out of the drizzling rain into the bar, Euphoria. It was a busy night. There were half a dozen people sitting at the bar and...