Short Fiction

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.

Good thing they didn't have Facebook back then...

The arrangement of furniture is so important. In an office, where things are placed can often affect productivity, and thus, profit. In which position a person is placed affects profits, too ...

Pride and greed and arrogance -- yeah, he can work with that...

To be able to hear another's thought is like being suddenly put inside another's skin ...

If you were marooned on an inaccessible island with just one person, who would that person be? Think again -- would you really want to risk spending the rest of your life with that one?

So different, so far apart, and yet so much the same...

Baby listens to his aunt brag to his mommy, but Mommy has finally had enough...

Was it this? ... No, that's fine. Was it that? ... No, no, that couldn't be it. Didn't I take care of those yesterday? Of course I did ... but ...

What could be more profitable than a catchy line of merchandise and a UFO convention?

In the end, you're never really alone...

A daring rescue back through time! A bear chasing a bare woman! How can people not be shocked by that?

With circumstance stacked higher than you can see over, how can you ever find your way?

So many terrible things we could avoid if we could only see the future -- or see clearly into another person's heart...

Kim seems to be anti-social. She isn't. She is using all her energy to hold on...

Award-winning California author and poet, Barbara Link, has had three stories aired on KVPR, a National Public Radio Affiliate. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous literary magazines and small presses. She also received the Sacramento State University Bazzanella Prize for fiction.

It's always good to plan ahead...

Gary Durbin is a retired serial entrepreneur having founded four software companies. He now writes, hikes, and advises startup companies.

They get into your head, into your blood, and nothing can take them away...

He was her helpmate, her support, and her secret. And no one knew, especially not the constituents.

Ambition -- check. Analytical mind -- check. Determination -- check. Whiskey -- yeah, that, too. Now all they need is the case...