Short Fiction

"I have lived a life filled with buoyant ecstasy and hope." -- Abigail George

Gayle Jansen Beede is the author of a collection of poems called "You Can Practically See Cattle Dancing," and a children's book, "Audrey to Zoe: An Alphabet of Critters." Some of her work has appeared in Cumberland Poetry Review, Karamu, Louisiana Literature, Negative Capability, Poet & Critic, Zone 3. She lives a stone's throw from San Francisco.

Aunt Marty's niece Lacy doesn't have her aunt's gift for hearing the voices of the deceased. And she doesn't want it. The magic coins have a different plan for Lacy.

Anything you say or don't say can and will be used against you...

A moment to make sense of the mysteries of the past -- how long to understand our future?

Did you see or did you miss the Great Eclipse of August 2017? Will your grandchildren remember where you were that day?

Go ahead, look him up on Wikipedia...

Patti Santucci holds an AA degree and has been published in "RePlay Magazine," "American River Review" and "Literally Stories." She recently won first place in Community College Humanities Association (Pacific Northwest Division) for her creative non-fiction work. She lives in California with one cat, one dog and one husband.

They say that when art is really good, the audience simply can't look away...

Trying to figure out what went wrong won't change the past, but what about the present?

Travel back in time fifty years and so much is different -- and so much the same...

Your heart can be like a closed door, and no one but you will know what's behind it...

Oh, for defiant hearts...

An ancient spirituality presents opportunity and danger for a bishop who sees his legacy in brick and mortar.

James Paxton managed to hitch a ride with the strange time traveler Gregory Larrabee, but now he's trapped in the future, and Larrabee will hardly let him even look into the laboratory. What does this second future hold?

When the extraordinary shows up, will you have the courage to buy it a drink?

Youth is often short-sighted, and what will you see when you're old enough to take the long view..?

What did you come here to see? What has come to see you?...

This future is closer than you think...

It's nice when you can tell good stuff from lousy stuff. You know what to look for in the future. But what future is there when you know, absolutely, that you've had the very best there will ever be?

Virginia Bond was born in Oregon and received a Masters in Ministry in 2001. She is the author of "The Reign", an adult historical fiction novel. She currently resides in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho with her husband Michael.

Jack has made a promise to his grandson that he will make it to his violin recital, but Jack is not known for keeping his promises.

Jim Stebbins has received a sign, a sign that he hears tell him he's the luckiest man on Casino Street. When the fates tell you to take a shot, you have to be willing to wager it all ...

Some say one thing, and some say another, but fact is, if you're doin' what you're supposed to be doin,' you'll be happy...

Michele Host is a lawyer and writer living in New York. Her short story, "The Pitch at the End of the World," was recently published in the ezine, "Prick of the Spindle."

More than100 years have passed since the birth of the famed author of the James Bond stories, Ian Fleming. Fleming has had a tremendous influence on novel-writing and movies, and this week, Staff Writer Lydia Manx pays a tribute to him ...

Well, what did you think caused the Northern Lights?

"Read all about it!" Does that include opinion and fantasy as well as news?

Eating soft tacos has never had such galactic implications. But as Jack is about to discover, once you begin the Taco Belle Experience, anything can happen.

Ricardo Visinho is a writer and the author of "The Star of the Revolution," which was published by the Piker Press in 2017. You can follow Ricardo on Twitter at @RicardoVisinho.