An eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
EDITOR’S NOTE: J.D. Fratto is the author of recent novella “City Blocks” published by CatOnBall, the book length work imprint of FreedomFiction.com Please Visit https://www.catonball.com/ * * * An Audible Stroll by J.D. Fratto...
Surrounded Again by Paul Cesarini Nohr stood in the increasingly tiny room, puzzling over the controls as the walls steadily folded in toward him. This isn’t good, he thought, scratching his speckled blue head...
Survivors by Paul Cesarini 1 When she stepped into the small, sterile debriefing room, he shot to his feet, his movement abrupt and stiff. She expected this; protocol demanded anyone of lower rank rise...
Harlon and the Potmers by Daniel Cloyd Harlon busied himself by stacking the firewood, striking flint to kindling until the flames licked up, spitting and crackling in the cold night air. He settled onto...
Highway Robbery by Jim Harrington A rusty blue Cadillac rolled around the blind corner spitting and wheezing. It stopped a few feet from where a bearded sprite sat on his haunches holding a Stop...
A Signet Society by Grant Tracey The crowd in dark wool and gray parkas gathered around the body like a greasy lake. Through perforated rain Eddie Sands caught a dim flash of emergency vehicles...
The Fish Story by June Wolfman The summer of 1987 was steamy hot in Queens, New York, where I rented a room while attending college. I volunteered that summer at a youth center, teaching...
Lost and Found—and Lost by David Margolin “Be back before you know it,” said Carolyn, followed by a see-you-soon wave to her husband Sam. She didn’t trust the outside mailboxes, so she always went...
In the Dark of the Night by Mickayla Jones Grace sits cross legged in the empty space of her apartment floor, overwhelmed by the sight of countless cardboard boxes that she can barely recall...
A Dish Best Served Cold by William Quincy Belle Lonnie kicked a cardboard container, cursing as he stared at the various pieces of garbage around the bins lining the alleyway. He bent down and...
