Short Fiction

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...

Was it a real memory? Or was it just something you wish that you could have the memory of?

There are reasons for humanity's interest in talismans...

Behind every door there's a story...

Remember not to be too catty...

Jay Cole is a science and speculative fiction writer from from Phoenix, Arizona.

Pat O'Malley is a walking skin machine from New York who loves to write the kind of weird, quirky fiction that he and his friends would love to read.

A good and useful man to remember...

Are rules instruction, guidance, or limitations...?

When the trees are gone, what will be revealed?

December, 2007. Oh, yes, the year the recession hit home hard...

Vocabulary Word of the Day: "Karma."

Is it really there? What does it look like, anyway?

Can anyone else say when is the right time for you ...?

Was it the only solution?

A. L. F. Fagan was born and raised in Washington DC and is currently living in suburban Maryland. He has a BA in speech communication. Most of his adult career had been in theater tech. He enjoys reading fantasy, science fiction, and history. His leisure time is spent running, baking, and playing guitar.

They didn't know him like he really was...so how could they be just?

Is it ever too late to turn things around?

A small spark, a single step, a sigh of relief ... sometimes that's the best ...