Short Fiction

The end has come, and Plague's destiny is about to overtake him.

Anna Sykora writes for the joy from Hanover, Germany, where she resides with her patient husband and three enormous Norwegian Forest Cats. Editors seem to prefer her humor, horror and animal tales.

Times were rough. This was at least a job, and easy enough to do, even though his co-workers were a bit on the odd side ...

When Paula finally begins to tell the whole story about her friendship with Merle, Rick can hardly bear to hear it ...

Cleaning up the garden can be satisfying to the heart and to the eye ... and sometimes, to the ear as well.

Alex proceeds to try to break his brother's spirit, but won't this maneuver break something in himself, too?

Rick sees in Merle's blog entries a clear danger, but wonders why on earth Paula continues to defend him ...

Wayne Faust has been a full-time music and comedy performer for over 30 years, performing in 38 states, England, Holland, Scotland, and Mexico.

Jack Runner has been given an ultimatum: he must quit his caffeine habit. He hates the idea, but it seems better than giving up the whiskey or the cigarettes ... for a while.

Michael has no respect whatsoever for Alex's spirituality. But although Alex knew that, he didn't understand that for Michael, spirituality was as game for turning a buck as selling the Brooklyn Bridge ...

Sam Gridley's fiction and satire have appeared in numerous magazines in print and online.

The divergence of Alex' and Michael's spirituality is apparent as they try to celebrate their mutual birthday. Is Michael ready to straighten out his life yet, or is he about to drag Alex down?

She was obedient, helpful, dulcet-voiced ... how annoying is that?

Time is running out: evil is on the hunt with blood lust and purpose. The shock of knowing his true nature may slow Plague down a second too long ...

Some may call that beautiful sound the "music of the spheres" and others may call it the "echoes of creation" but Jimbo is about to find out whose voice it really is ...

Another trip with Margot the Troll, but this one is starting differently. Looks like Aser did something unexpected, and not at all appreciated ...

The time had come, there was no way to avoid it...one last visit to his best friend.

The item of the highest value is the unbroken promise of love ...

Clutch your purse and get your sob-tissues handy -- Nigel is about to embark upon a speed-dating expedition.

You can call it love, or loyalty, or supportiveness ... some people would even call it "weakness," but the one thing that you have to admit about it is that it comes out of the depths of the heart ...

The aliens are part of our world now, but will their strangeness ever be integrated fully into our culture?

Ronald lives in Charleston, South Carolina where he spends his days running, reading, writing, and trying not to get on the nerves of his wife of 39 1/2 years. Gleefully retired from an unremarkable career in financial and social services, Ronald spends his hard won free time writing short stories with a southern theme and setting. His wife, mother, and daughter are his biggest fans because, well, they have to be.

Here's the recipe: icy winter, grumpy wife, over-stuffed car, add a new baby, and mix all together in a move ...

The revelation has been made, and humanity will change as a result. Not quite the way Orbis had hoped, but the road to successful enlightenment has more than one path ...

Ask him the name of his favorite song when you first meet him. It might save you a bit of heartache later ...

A native New Yorker, Bruce writes short stories in a mad search to one day create the definitive short story. In the meanwhile his works have appeared in SNM Horror Magazine, Demonic Tome, Freedom Fiction, and The Horror Zine.

Jilly's resolution ought to have been "Don't get involved with Celia's craziness ..."

David Mink says of himself, "I have been writing for several years now. My grown up job is being a funeral director in Ventura County, CA. I have also written an unpublished novel, 'Funeral On The Beach' and am currently working on another novel as well as another short story. Funeral directing is a third career; I toiled in Television Animation for 16 years, working for studios such as Disney, Warner Brothers, Sony and Knowledge Adventure."

Alexei Russell is an emerging writer living in Winnipeg, Canada. He had a great many jobs before realizing his University English teacher may have had something, when she suggested he'd be happiest as a writer. A believer in the maxim that a writer should try his hand at all genres, he has conquered all themes and genres, apart from Westerns--which he will get around to eventually.

Yes, sometimes it seems, you can go back, and things can change ... especially if you've done some changing yourself ...