Category: Fiction
Brain Raid by David Margolin Chapter 1: Loud Enough to Wake the Nearly Dead The brain-raid alarm…
Parking Lot on the Edge of Freedom by Jon Wesick “To ease traffic in the capital, government…
Waterproofing by Abe Margel Whenever my cousin Eric was mentioned the adjective sleazebag always came to mind….
The Last Account of the Argentville Witches by M Rob Stewart In the long road of…
Cannonball! by Lisa Lahey “The thing is, if they don’t want people using the swimming pool in…
Ugly Confessions by Jake Pursey I don’t remember the exact moment when I realised I was ugly….
Dick Phucks By Cody Walzel On weekdays I stare into the fluorescent lights at work and soak…
Dopamine by H. Talichi To most people, this room of mirrors and screens would be perfect. But…
Freedom Trail by James A. Tweedie Historical Note: For three years, from 1858-1861, the Butterfield Trail served…
Taken by Margaret Karmazin It’s hard to figure out how old I am. There were the sixteen…
The Garnering by Dylan T. Bosworth Just after dawn, the clock chimed for six in the morning,…
Farther Outfield by Bretton Cadigan The team decided to go to the grave as a bonding trip….
Byard’s Leap by Steven James Foreman Since its creation, in the year 1801, the company of Sowerby’s…
Arcadium by Noam Rabinovitch The afternoon sun dipped lazily in the west, its dazzling rays playing peek-a-boo…
Editor’s Note: Read the previous adventures of the two Hawaii Police Detectives by clicking the link:“Pillow Talk”,“Beggars…
First Prize by James C. Clar It had been three years, 1,095 days exactly. Stan remembered it…
World Without End by Shelley K. Davenport Two days ago Kieran disappeared. Around mid-afternoon he went up…
King Arnold by Doug Hawley Our local Harbortown newspaper ran a strange item last week “I have…
First Kiss by Barry Garelick The night Anne became ill, she and Mark had talked as they…
Illusions of Pride by Rory Thomassen The UCS Acheron had one too many ghosts on board. As…
The Wharfs by Evan O’Connor Rebecca stirred on her classroom’s sofa, unable to sleep deeply in the…
12 Addled Men by Jon Wesick “Gentlemen of the jury.” The judge pointed to the defendant, a…
Suppertime by Mark Manifesto If names bring the unspoken to life, the doctor had given Arthur arthritis….
Insanity at the Bus Stop by Mark Tulin Angela held the clipboard with the attendance sheet. She…
Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Dale Patrick Smrekar “Before you decide to kill someone, make…