Short Fiction

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...

Hot commodities!

Too bad they don't make a sound when they go...

Ah, the journeys of self-dicovery...

Nothing like the bluest of blues...

A true friend is one who will give you the last French fry on the plate...

The loss is never-ending...

Christian McCulloch is a prolific British writer with a colourful background.

And when we're offered forgiveness, can we accept it?...

If the secret is taken to the grave, there's only one way to uncover it...

Harrison Kim lives in Victoria, Canada with his editor and wife Sera. He worked 29 years as a teacher at a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, and has temporarily lived as a homeless person, commuting to work from his hammock on Burnaby Mountain near Vancouver, Canada, back when it was much safer and less common.

Ever wonder how someone can prove who they really are?

Such a versatile vegetable...!

For better or for worse?

Doesn't sound all that far-fetched anymore...

Alex Z. Salinas lives in San Antonio, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in publications such as Every Day Fiction, Mystery Tribune, Red Fez, Points in Case, Nanoism, escarp, 101 Words, 101 Fiction, 121 Words, and 365tomorrows. He serves as poetry editor for the San Antonio Review.