The Lawyer by Sandra Kolankiewicz
The Lawyer by Sandra Kolankiewicz After he died, for the first couple of days I felt shocked, stunned, numb one moment and on a roller coaster of emotions the next. We all did. In...
an eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
Old Brady Road by Mike Davis The sun idled above Old Brady Road like an accusing, unblinking eye. Brutal heat shimmered off bubbling blacktop, as the air assaulted reluctant lungs. A barely perceptible breeze,...
The Master of the Needle by David York The needle had slept for years, buried in a box of someone else’s life. Dust and rust dulled its brass handle, but beneath the tarnish it...
EDITOR’S NOTE: You can read four other Adventure stories by R.K. Olson on FreedomFiction.com , This story features the character Jackie Boyd and his continued adventures through war and valor. This is the fifth Boyd...
Going For The Kid by Samuel C. Hasler Charleston Blau strolled into The Potter’s Field like a cool cat should. Everything between his frizzy hair and his Cuban heels—a pink shirt and a black...
The Reaping by Scott A. Cook “Ley Line: an imaginary alignment of landmarks that are believed to have spiritual, mystical or paranormal significance.”— Alfred Watkins, Archaeologist, 1921 “Never shun the power of the earth....
Once Removed by Bill Tope Ellison replaced the receiver of the ancient, 40-year-old land line with a little rattle. It felt like it weighed five pounds. She had yet to opt for the new-fangled...
Riding Hood by Lindsay Dudeck I’m moving fast this morning because we all know it’s dangerous for young women to walk alone in the dark. Monsters lurk amidst skyscrapers, psychopaths with knives weave their...
DISCLAIMER and Reader Discretion Advisory: This fictional horror story contains mature and disturbing themes including violence, psychological breakdown, death, substance abuse, and graphic emotional distress that may be offensive or unsettling to some readers....
Namrata’s Secrets by Rathin Bhattacharjee “I told him that my marriage was fixed and that I wasn’t gonna be a pain in the a– anymore. But before we called our relationship quits, I just...
An Afternoon at the Ball Game by Ashok Shenolikar My dad wants me to be an Engineer. I want to be someone else. I don’t know what. As a ninth-grader at the Fairfax High...
For readers of intelligent, idea-driven science fiction. A signal appears. A world disappears. Something is watching Earth. When an unknown phenomenon erases a distant celestial body, governments scramble to respond. Weapons are deployed. Scientists...
A Journey to the West by Lance Mason # Jehan Arjani longed for Poona town and the peace of the Fire Temple’s cloistered gardens. He was gutted by the loss of his close comrade...
The Safe Cracker by Ian C. Dawkins Moore Reed Tims looked at the grim-encrusted edges of the safe which was petrified into the wall. It was an old one all right, and there was...
Tyler, Trey, And The Trolls by David L Graham Tyler gave Trey a high five and said, “I wasn’t sure this piece of overrated rocketry would make it from The U.T.A. Gibbons. I had...
Thank you for the kind words. The new story would be a mystery thriller---Agatha rolling in her grave, LOL. Or…