Short Fiction

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 ...

When something seems too good to be true, it might not be. Good, that is...

James Rogers lives in New York and is a teacher at the United Nations International School. Originally from Ireland, his short fiction has appeared in The First Line, The Galway Review and Close to the Bone.

Youth, and the promise of years to come...

In the chaos of the universe, love follows who it will, unexpected, only discovered...

Paradox and mystery, future and past -- all unknowable and yet so close...

Remember kids, he's a pro. Don't try this at home...

Just once, can't we ignore stupid posturing instead of escalating into violence?

They were dark times. There are dark times. There will be dark times, until we can all see the source of light...

Jeff Dosser is an ex-police officer and current software developer living in the wilds of central Oklahoma. Besides winning Oklahoma Writer's Federation best new horror of 2018 and 2019 with his novels, "Neverland," and "Shattered," he also received an honorable mention in L.R Hubbard's Writers of the Future contest.

Hmmm, where did the elephant in the room go?

Remember to be open to kindness, even when it seems like it's too late...

After closing time on a lonely Christmas Eve...