The Cracked Carafe by Giovanna Barham
The Cracked Carafe by Giovanna Barham Rush hour was the bane of her existence, with everyone struggling to get home and the roads being unbearably cramped. The only positive was the town being so...
Vol 16
Crab Cocktail by Doug Hawley
Duke enjoyed feeding his crab pals at noon from his isolated beachfront house along the Pacific Ocean outside Lincoln City Oregon USA. His ten or twenty buddies had learned that he would toss out...
Unclip my soul by Charles George
Unclip my soul by Charles George There are ways by which you can unclip your soul. The first method involves jumping into a river from a tall cliff. It nearly made it on my...
Georgie in Wintertime by Dan Morey
Georgie in Wintertime by Dan Morey Georgie watched the squirrel through his kitchen window. It raced across a power line, paused briefly, then jumped six feet into an apple tree. “Bravo!” said Georgie. The...
A Way Away by Louis Philip DelGiacco
A Way Away by Louis Philip DelGiacco I needed a gun to murder my wife. I’d tried everything else. The knife wounds healed within seconds. The shove down three flights of stairs seemed promising...
Love’s Victory by Otis Johnson and Anda Sidrabene
Love’s Victory by Otis Johnson and Anda Sidrabene Chapter 1Michael Holden’s world was small, and felt mostly safe. He had a cell, a few old science fiction novels, and some dry romantic comedies on...
Date Night by Bill Tope
Date Night by Bill Tope Amy sat on the sofa in the living room, beneath the comforter, contemplating the wallpaper. The television, on mute, was wildly flashing colors and images off the hardwood floor....
Touch of Velvet by Bill Tope
Editor’s Note: This short story is a work of fiction. The views expressed in this fiction are solely of its author. This fiction does not reflect nor represent the views, beliefs and opinions of...
Getting Rosie Laid by Bill Tope
Getting Rosie Laid by Bill Tope Rosie, my girlfriend Cathy’s younger sister, had over the past year been spending most of her weekends with us at our apartment near the college. Nearly a month...
Golden Gate by Marc Egnal
Golden Gate by Marc Egnal The knocking on my office door seemed urgent and insistent, at least from where I sat. They say dogs have particularly keen hearing. Add to that short list private...