Short Fiction

If you arrive where you need to be, does it matter which train you board?

J. C. Miller is an author and corporate lawyer for a Fortune 100 company. He lives in Michigan with several children and menagerie of pets.

Were they ever there?

Why not try something different this year?

Remembering a name, imagining what a life could have been, can lead one to ponder the tracks of one's own life.

The Month of the Dead continues...

A.J. Lagodzki is a horror and thriller writer whose research for stories tends to leave her Google search history looking rather concerning.

Sometimes memories are the worst ghosts...

Ed Nobody is an up and coming writer from Ireland who wants to break the barriers of fiction and write engaging stories not constricted by genre convention. He has written two full novels, one of which may see light next year, pending the grace of Xenu.

David Simmons was born in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic. David is a multiinstrumentalist who has made several contributions to many major hip hop albums. Among other things, he is a licensed optician who has worked on the restoration of antique eyeglasses in Northern California.

So many things can happen when you decide to go up the hill...

Connie Woodring is a retired psychotherapist who writes poetry and short stories. A completed novel and a non-fiction book will hopefully be published soon.

J. David Thayer is an educator living in Texas. His works have appeared in 24-Hour Short Story Contest (2nd Place), The First Line, The Last Line, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival, Flash Fiction Magazine, Bewildering Stories, 101 Word Stories, and many more publications.

The future is all ahead of us, the present is what keeps us going back to the fridge for a sandwich -- and the past ought to stay the hell back where it belongs...

Geoff Goodman works with disadvantaged and traditionally marginalized groups teaching writing at the College of The Marshall Islands. His work has been published in many newspapers and magazines and he has placed a few stories in smaller literary journals.

It's 2020 now, who would be surprised by anything?

In a dark alley, the result of past misfortunes waits. Can a still-grieving heart be healed?

Robert Garnham's short stories have been published widely in magazines such as Defenestration, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ink, Sweat and Tears, and his poetry has been published in Acumen, Tribe, The Broadsheet. He writes a humorous column every now and then for the local newspaper Herald Express, and as a comedy performance poet, he has performed all over the UK at festivals, fringes, radio and TV.

Randall Cooper works in education in Michigan, he is excited to showcase "The Clock" at Piker Press.

Roger Ley was born and educated in London and spent some of his formative years in Saudi Arabia. He worked as an engineer in the oilfields of North Africa and the North Sea, before pursuing a career in higher education.

Donuts are dangerous, there is no doubt...

There's just something about an office staff...

Be it greed, lust, or dishonesty, rest assured, those sins will come back to haunt...

Karen Heslop writes from Kingston, Jamaica. She loves writing stories that are speculative in nature.

"Tim was a couple years into retirement when he discovered Betta fish..."

You can wear a mask and avoid one, but the other needs to be unmasked to heal...

The Stoned Cat and Vegan Dog team up for another strike for freedom...

Sometimes you should believe what people tell you...

An open heart, a listening ear, and a love of the game...yes, that's it.

Some of the friendliest dogs on earth are Doodles...