Vol 16

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....

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...

Hidden Rhythm by Nemo Arator

Hidden Rhythm by Nemo Arator It is indeed true that when the apocalypse happened, I was glad to be living on the farm, safely far away from the city when things went to shit...