The Soldier’s Return by Shelley K. Davenport
The Soldier’s Return by Shelley K. Davenport There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be...
Vol 16
Flies in the Face of Greed by Mark Manifesto
Flies in the Face of Greed by Mark Manifesto “Sa-má, Baalar. Sa-má, Baalar,” Araceli chanted to the candles across the floor. Liquid wax sealed them to the perimeter of the ideogram around the knife-pinned...
Stage Left by Devin James Leonard
Stage Left by Devin James Leonard I was sitting in the coffee shop, splicing a video on my laptop, when a pasty, wrinkled face with a thinning head of white hair crouched beside me...
One Infant Girl by Abe Margel
One Infant Girl by Abe Margel Worn out but unwilling to go straight home Theresa decided to walk through the park, past the off-leash dog enclosure and close to the children’s slides and swings....
Money Problems by Nicholas Woods
Money Problems by Nicholas WoodsA Level Head Story Some mornings start off slow and light and easy. Perhaps when he was a kid, or during his time in college, every morning was simple. Delicate....
Winsom by Kelli Dianne Rule
Winsom by Kelli Dianne Rule Bradenton, Florida, 1997 Hart’s desk shook. “Hey, my coffee!” Hart sprang forward and lifted the mug, wiping the bottom and sides with his other hand, but it had already...
The Hospital by Brett Burland
The Hospital by Brett Burland I used to talk a lot, but I don’t say much anymore. People don’t take the time to listen to me or anyone, as far as I can tell....
Vexed to Nightmare by Jon Adcock
Vexed to Nightmare by Jon Adcock “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process, he does not become a monster.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche “Hell is empty, and all the devils are...
Beyond Pluto by James Moran
Beyond Pluto by James Moran When Beyond Pluto returned to Cape Canaveral one hundred years after its launch, the only surviving organisms onboard were a large lizard and an even larger catfish. All that...
When Dr. Jekyll and His Wife, Sybil, Visited A Marriage Counselor by Maureen Mancini Amaturo
When Dr. Jekyll and His Wife, Sybil, Visited A Marriage Counselor by Maureen Mancini Amaturo It wasn’t her moods that confounded him. It was her impermanence. Even with his scientific background, Dr. Henry Jekyll...