Short Fiction

My Rat Brother's Freedom Mission by Terry Petersen (Mar 30, 2015)

Randy has a secret that doesn't excuse his actions, but it does explain them.

The Final Price by Terry Petersen (Mar 23, 2015)

And all he could hope was that his old partner was still as nice...

Family Tree -- With Weeds by Dan Mulhollen (Mar 16, 2015)

Genealogy is a funny thing. You can see echoes of the parent in the child, odd traits revealed by the past. And when you begin to investigate your lineage, you find there are some questions that float to the surface as well...

A Ran-Tan Tuesday Night by Lily Murphy (Mar 9, 2015) mature content

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines "ran-tan" as 1.) 'a knocking, banging, or pounding noise' or 2.) 'riotous conduct : spree.' By the end of this tale, the definition is definitely defined...

Traffic in the Tunnel by Michael Price (Mar 2, 2015)

If only he'd kept his temper, the store wouldn't have been closed...

No Substitute for Terror by Michael Price (Feb 23, 2015)

Still want your credential, do you?

My Sister, Myself by Anna Sykora (Feb 23, 2015)

The only way to avoid the curse of Death is to welcome and embrace the gift it brings...

The Lucky Metal Car by Terry Petersen (Feb 16, 2015)

Six-year-old Jackie is quite a character. He brings second chances to the ultimate...

You Can't Sit Down by Ralph Bland (Feb 9, 2015)

After so long, there's a strange itch to know, to see, to speculate...is it better not to scratch?

Picking Your Nose on the Highway by Jon Herring (Jan 26, 2015)

And now, a story that will make you sit up and watch to see what's happening in the next lane -- and make you dread what appears...

We'll Start Tomorrow by Michael Price (Jan 19, 2015)

It was a bad idea to start with, but it turned out to be...much worse...

Usama by Frederick Foote (Jan 12, 2015)

How do you stand and how do you approach when you know that you cannot run?

Peace Rose by Terry Petersen (Jan 5, 2015)

Resentment moves in a downward spiral, and everything begins to drag you deeper. But with a gift of an understanding ear, maybe hope has a chance to grow.

The Decline by Jon Herring (Dec 29, 2014)

Jon Herring currently resides in Philadelphia where he works as a copy editor in the pharmaceutical industry. He spends his days squinting at drug labels, while searching for a missing period or hyphen, and drinking as much free office coffee as he can.

Jewel by Carrie A. Golden (Dec 15, 2014)

Sometimes the best thing you can receive is what you've come least to expect...

All the Way to Albuquerque by Pete Armetta (Dec 8, 2014)

A long way, and the roads were fast and dry with a mirage at the end of them all...

Finding Lori Windmoeller by Terry Petersen (Dec 8, 2014)

A workaholic father faces his daughter's unexpected anger toward him--and that anger's unexpected resolution.

Occasionally True Random Thoughts by Michael Price (Dec 8, 2014)

I'm betting the shoelaces thing is true...

Westward Dust 4 by Lydia Manx (Dec 8, 2014) mature content

Conclusion. A new caller is at the door, and it's not one of the paying customers...

Shame Squad by Terry Petersen (Nov 24, 2014)

Maybe she doesn't understand what she sees and hears, but she intuits that more is happening than the critical gossip team notices...

Westward Dust 3 by Lydia Manx (Nov 24, 2014) mature content

And then there was blood...

Nina by Frederick Foote (Nov 17, 2014)

Return again to the universe of "The Mechanic" and Estrada's last hope and happiness...

Westward Dust 2 by Lydia Manx (Nov 17, 2014) mature content

A dark beginning to her life, and now, a darker circumstance...

The Del Mundo by Pete Armetta (Nov 17, 2014)

Light a candle for remembrance, let it burn...for the passion once felt...

The Silence of the Rabbits by Pete McArdle (Nov 10, 2014) mature content

Makes you want to become a vegetarian...but wait, Bernardo was a vegetarian, wasn't he?

The Ghost of Captain Musgrove by Sandra Widner Burch (Nov 10, 2014)

A beautiful view, rich furnishings...the house was everything a weary traveler could want, and the price was right -- or was it?

Memories of Things Left Unsaid by Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith (Nov 10, 2014)

Do the dead know what we think of them?

Westward Dust by Lydia Manx (Nov 10, 2014) mature content

Vampire writer Lydia Manx weaves another tale of horror with the starting episode of "Westward Dust."

Return of the Goldfinch by Terry Petersen (Nov 3, 2014)

Esther waits for a single gift before she can know peace, and it arrives in an unexpected form.

Giving Back by Michael Price (Nov 3, 2014)

You think you know him, have known him all his life...but what he has done in the world isn't half of what the world has done to him...