The Superhero Next Door by Daniel Slaten
The Superhero Next Door by Daniel Slaten I wasn’t expecting to find out that my next door neighbor was a superhero – a super model maybe, but not a superhero. New York is a...
short story
How it Works by Ryan Bowd
How it Works by Ryan Bowd She caught Jake’s eye like she must have caught everyone’s: a young woman in a classy red cocktail dress and fur coat, ripped right out of a detective...
Cyneas and Chloe by Steven Holtz
Cyneas and Chloe by Steven Holtz There was once a maid Chloe who, as her name may suggest, was devoted to the goddess Demeter. Chloe lived a solitary life in a small village seven...
The Desert by Jake Walters
The Desert by Jake Walters He was windswept like the desert around him, floating, drifting through unwelcome bouts of pain, into other worlds where his feet staggered onward, toes dragging through the sand and...
Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen by Samantha Bryant
Patricia Saves the Beauty Queen by Samantha Bryant Patricia stared at the phone in her hand incredulously, then put it back to her ear. The muted TV mounted above the stonework gas fireplace in...
Leverage by Paul Edmonds
Leverage by Paul Edmonds Mort Peters’ office was located above a scuzzy nail salon stuffed with a platoon of emaciated Asian women who looked like recent liberations from a sex-trafficking ring. The shop’s fluorescent...
The Dead at Hill’s Pond by William de Rham
Editor’s Note: Here is a thriller and mystery wrapped tight. Conscience is the devil in a criminal mind. Dead men tell no tales, but sometimes they don’t need to. The Dead at Hill’s Pond by...
Rosie’s Day by Bradley Sides
Rosie’s Day by Bradley Sides Every morning, I awaken early to watch her bake. Her frame lies flat, as she rises and expands. I am on another spectrum, though, as I stand; I bend...
Pilgrims of Tranquility by Raymond Greiner
My name is Caleb. I am sixteen years old and documenting my life thus far. I have no parents or siblings. I was scientifically created and live in a barracks facility among one hundred...