Short Fiction

How about a costume party in which you have to really "think" about your disguise?

He always knew where to find her...

The adrenaline high, the pounding rhythm of footfalls, and the oh-so-glorious feeling of putting more and more air between you and your pursuers...

A lot of work, a great deal of study, and what is the result? A huge sense of accomplishment, and a bumper crop of joy!

The clouds have moved in, time to sit by the window and ask the host which bottle is special today...

FRED HILARY, a writer of mythic fiction and fairy tale, lives in Greece.

Some call it progress; some prefer to shop at chain stores because they can get the same product in Maine or in Oregon; and some see it as the end of an era...

Caitlin Sinead Jennings has a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her husband and tweets about writing, reading, and whatnot at @CaitlinSineadJ.

Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. And then what???

Studies already show that older people who keep working are more likely to have a satisfying lifestyle...

Nothing like a high school class reunion to find out how different you've become...

...And everyone was there, in that place where everyone is remembered, everyone is celebrated, and everyone is about three sheets to the wind...

You learn as you go, in life...and some lessons take hours to learn.

When night falls, and the wind calls your name, is it courage to press your face against the glass...or your worst mistake?

Jay Sizemore has found a day job to be the enemy of imagination, but poverty is the cruelest of muses. He writes poems and stories while his wife sleeps and the cats try to figure out how to open doors.

Conclusion. The plans have been made, the stage set...let the dog speak for them all.

Can serving on a jury be considered aiding and abetting a crime?

What can be done about his drunken rages, his irresponsibility, his lack of respect, his family's pain? The dog knows. Part Four of Five.

Oh, so that's why they have such a problem...

What father mourns his living son? What wife her present husband? What dog passes judgment on a man? Part 3 of 5.

A legless woman, a talking dog, a handsome man with a beautiful voice -- how can they have met? Part 2 of 5.

Yes, it was just as good as taking out an ad in the newspapers ... wait, does anyone read newspapers any more? Maybe it was a lot better than taking out an ad!

Our lives flow along like the waters of a river, and where we find ourselves is at least partly due to how we use the current...

Look out for yourself -- this future is closer than you think!

What if you woke up tomorrow and it was seven centuries later, and a lot of problems had been solved? Would you long for the past or...?

The pain only lasts a short time in the scheme of things, but that last flash of memory, the one in which you can see how it was all going wrong -- that's the thing that cripples your heart...

Some people just can't get out from under that label...

A child is told that Authority comes from Heaven, and that Authority comes from the head of the family. Think about it.

This editor is glad that the Foodie Channels don't have anything "special" on tonight...

Maui Holcomb grew up in the Northwest and currently lives and writes in Burbank, California, toiling in the lower echelons of the film industry attempting to make movies sound good.