A Transfer by June Wolfman
A Transfer by June Wolfman “I’m scared,” said Mouse, leaning her thin frame against the doorpost of her sister’s room. “Angela, they are screaming at each other again. Can I come in?” Angela, 12,...
an eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
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...
Big Bessie and Harriet by Debra J. White “Stop that,” Big Bessie the cat said as she ran from the strange man yelling at her. The plump pussy hurried through the alley, filled with...
The Desert Calls by Ramona Scarborough Cacti and coyotes. Dust devils and tumbleweeds. Rattlesnakes and prairie dogs. Heat shimmering across asphalt. Miles of scrubby sagebrush. Too much empty space. She’d only seen pictures of...
Big Purple Boxes by Caroline Smith Picture a self-storage company called Big Purple Boxes, situated just off the grey and grimy North Circular Road on the outer edge of Cricklewood in northwest London. It’s...
This short fiction was hard (for me) to figure out. Lu is apparently a 6' 5' female who empathically senses…