Short Fiction

Yes, the bad days can really be bad ...

The world ends, with a bang, a whisper, and a Nazi pie?

How surprising for Andre to bring his niece to the kitchen for a visit -- but not more surprising than what Diego has to say ...

David H. Donaghe lives and works in the high desert of southern California. He has three passions in life: reading, writing, and riding his motorcycle. When not delving into a good book or putting his face in the wind on his motorcycle, David writes short stories and novels. In 1995, David took the First Place prize in the California Writer's Club short story contest with his Western short story, "Blind Justice."

Her life was one of service to others: service to survive, service of love. Sharina remembers her grandmother, and the promise she once made ...

Susan Okaty lives in Virginia Beach and is a member of <a href="http://hamptonroadswriters.org/">Hampton Roads Writers</a> Her work has appeared in <i>Highlights for Children</i> and <i>Vox Poetica.</i>

Was it really a mixup, or did she have that planned all along?

Poor Henry! Can she have been that fickle all along?

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn't earn a living in the theater. His chapbook 'Remembrance' was published by Origami Condom Press and 'The Conquest of Somalia' was published by Cervena Barva Press. A collection of his poetry 'Days of Destruction' was published by Skive Press. His poetry collection 'Expectations' was published by Rogue Scholars Press. His plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles were produced Off Broadway. His poetry has appeared in numerous literary magazines.

Drama and guilt are for those people who have too much time on their hands ...

Everyone's betting on Warren to go undercover. The only question is under wear?

Jeffrey Carl Jefferis is a thirty-year-old freedom fighter. He has been pushing the envelope of word power for so long that his fingers are permanently stuck to the sealing glue.

The action! The excitement of the chase! Ugh, the scurvy pervert after the undies ...!

How agonizing, to pretend that love does not exist!

What can you not admire about penguins?

Poor Jack Runner. Mel Trent has chronicled his troubles before, but this time, she chooses an alternative reality for his story ...

When it comes to the end, do you do what is right, or do you do what is inevitable?

It was like having a rug pulled out from under your feet. And yet, the fall itself taught a lesson about balance ..

Word is out on the street: Great Lenin plays some mean ball. Do you care to join him?

The beginning, so full of promise. If we knew what the words would become, would we even say, "Hello"?

M.J. Nicholls concludes his Modern Narratives ... will Lucy Biatch and the feckless Nigel survive?

And who wouldn't be captivated by her amazing personality and flair?

In pain, keep peeling back the layers ... where was it that it all went so wrong?

Oh, well, we've all experienced something like this, haven't we?

When you try to pinpoint where a relationship went from beautiful to hideous, you keep going back, and back, and back ...

She was a redhead, with entrancing freckles and a fine way with words ... but making speeches is sometimes the least of political skills ...

Rude people who don't want to take the time to talk to people are just asking for it ...

Being Henry is normal to Henry. His co-workers respect him, he does his best, he's never late for work. But one day in particular, his employer doesn't want him there ...

Censorship is not necessarily a bad thing. However, you have to consider who is doing the censoring and whether they are doing it for the common good, or because it gives them power ...

Peter is currently working towards an MFA in Creative Writing, having journeyed across the country to do so. He has work forthcoming in Writers' Bloc.