Short Fiction

Payback by Chas Wallace (Jan 4, 2010)

At the last moment, you can change your mind -- but so can Fate ... and maybe Fate knows what you intended in the first place ...

The Street Fair by Dan Mulhollen (Jan 4, 2010)

Yes, sometimes it seems, you can go back, and things can change ... especially if you've done some changing yourself ...

Country Idol by Chris Peterson (Dec 28, 2009)

What begins as a joke can turn serious -- if we're willing to allow it to do so. Sometimes how serious something becomes is kind of a joke, too ...

Lessons in Aviation, Part 2 by Peter Balaskas (Dec 28, 2009)

A leap of faith, a gift of hope, and a stretch of the imagination -- freedom and joy!

An Amazing Bar of Soap by Dan Mulhollen (Dec 28, 2009)

Who are you really? What you see in the mirror, or the reflection in your own heart?

Reverse Robbery by Pierrino Mascarino (Dec 21, 2009)

Denied hope or comfort, some people turn to theft to maintain themselves. And if there's no chance of having a gift accepted ...

Finished Project by Lydia Manx (Dec 21, 2009)

Some holiday windows are dark; remember those alone this Christmas.

The Christmas Grouch by Dan Mulhollen (Dec 21, 2009)

Bah! Humbug! Where are those blasted Christmas lights?

The Glass Man by Steven Comstock (Dec 14, 2009)

To what lengths are you willing to go to collect ancient artifacts? Would you have carried off King Tut's sarcophagus? Would you have stolen Marie Antoinette's jewelry? Would a group of filthy barbarians object if you came among them desiring what little they had?

A Modern Narrative [4] by M.J. Nicholls (Dec 14, 2009) mature content

Oh, no, it's Nigel and Lucy Biatch again, and this time, they've infringed upon the smile of starlet Molly Ringwald ...

Bus Stop by Jacob Andrew (Dec 7, 2009)

In the Southern Hemisphere, Summer arrives in December. December, the month of media hype about Santa Claus at the frozen North Pole. Oh, not so along the Orinoco River ... the River that might be mostly made up of the sweat of travelers at that time of year ...

Time Flies by Dan Mulhollen (Dec 7, 2009)

A sense of place is important. How many accidents happen every day because someone takes some sort of wrong step?

School Days by Lydia Manx (Nov 30, 2009)

In many guises and shapes and circumstances, there is One who waits to meet us all ...

Sardines by Pierrino Mascarino (Nov 30, 2009)

The most eloquent medical advice one receives falls on deaf ears, unless the recipient really, truly wants to be healed of his ... snack.

The Headman, the Witch, and the Graverobber by KK Brown (Nov 30, 2009)

Even although Headman Chimumvuri was a well respected Elder, the rumours had started to circulate -- furtively -- among the good people of Chimumvuri Kraal, soon after Lindiwe Hove had first gone missing.

The Deconstruction of Eric Cobbs, Part 2 by Steven P. Servis (Nov 23, 2009)

The word has been said, the idea understood. How do you feel when you've just been told that you will never live on the cherished other side of that fence?

Plague 5: And Hell Followed with Him by Mel Trent (Nov 23, 2009)

The Boss is hunting Plague -- Plague, who triumphed over his despair and turned to the side of Good. Relentless, the Boss either wants Plague back or to drive him to despair again ...

The Deconstruction of Eric Cobbs by Steven P. Servis (Nov 16, 2009)

A freelance writer currently operating out of Branson, Missouri, Steven P. Servis has a bachelor degree in creative writing, with a minor in advertising and promotion. Publishing credits include "The Taj Mahal Review." His website is <a href="http://www.stevenservis.com/">Steven P. Servis</a>

A Modern Narrative [3] by M.J. Nicholls (Nov 16, 2009) mature content

Too Little, Too Late by Effie Collins (Nov 9, 2009)

Effie Collins is a writer of horror and speculative short fiction and novels. She lives quietly with her husband, three children and two beloved pit bulls, Sarrow and Chancey, in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains.

The Peril of the <i>Miss Jenny</i> by Pierrino Mascarino (Nov 9, 2009)

She was loaded with rats and roaches and a crew of drunks, but the "Miss Jenny" was an old hand at cheating Death ...

Lester Bledsoe, Pet Medium by Jonathan D. Scott (Nov 2, 2009)

She had legs from there to here, and if she ever had to brush something off her arm, it would be gold coins the size of a personal pizza ... but the important thing was that she had a dead ocelot ...

The Summoning by Chas Wallace (Oct 26, 2009)

Something draws near when a writer flexes his fingers and begins to draw upon his own past for words ... the words are easy, but what is it that they evoke?

Ready To Die? Part 2 by Tyler Willson (Oct 26, 2009)

The battle is staged, but Command has given them no backup... what do they expect them to do?

Recycled aka Repurposed by Lydia Manx (Oct 19, 2009)

No matter how down on your luck you are, it's best to see with open eyes and watch where you're going ...

Ready To Die? by Tyler Willson (Oct 19, 2009)

Nate and Sammy have a dangerous job -- protecting humanity from the witches who attack and hide from the government. But isn't there a kind of shell-shock from battles like that?

A Night With a Witch by Dan Mulhollen (Oct 19, 2009)

"This time of year," she said, her voice soft, yet possessing an alarming severity, "the curtain between the worlds is thin. Rips do occur..." An oh, what a rip it was ...

The Road To Hell Is Paved ... by Paula Petruzzi (Oct 19, 2009)

Hailing from the quiet, itchy back woods of Pennsylvania, Paula Patruzzi has this to say about herself:"I've been a paper carrier, punch-press operator, 'sales associate', and pipefitters'/welders' helper. Now I'm a writer, which is a lot more fun than the other ones."

The Accomplice by Tom Larsen (Oct 12, 2009)

Tom Larsen lives in Lambertville, New Jersey with Andree and her pets. His work has appeared in Newsday, New Millennium Writings, Antietam Review and Puerto del Sol. Larsen's short story "Lids" was included in Best American Mystery Stories -- 2004. His first novel FLAWED will be released this fall.

Warren Pieces 4: Tune In, Turn On by Jonathan D. Scott (Oct 12, 2009)

"He worshipped the very air she trod upon, but did she really give a FCC?"