Take Three by Rory Kilalea
Take Three by Rory Kilalea Take One Pushing through the throng of suit jackets, the smell of sweat haunted by stale aftershave. The bar was crowded. A typical Dubai drinking hole for advertising and...
Vol 18
Going Back Home Again! by Rathin Bhattacharjee
Going Back Home Again! by Rathin Bhattacharjee Normally a daughter is said to be her father’s Little Princess. Most of the daughters are their fathers’ pets and pride. While I have heard of incidents...
‘Twas The Blight Before Christmas
Me and my accomplices in fiction thank you all for making this year bigger and better than last year. These two consecutive years offer a grand sizeable bunch of genre fiction stories we have...
Wish Upon a Cloud by Neille Williams
Wish Upon a Cloud by Neille Williams Presently, data management supervisor for Nova Enterprises, Demeter Brewster, had over two thousand client portfolios under his control. It was a relatively new position and he was...
Windows by H. E. Ross
Windows by H. E. Ross I ARRIVAL Ahead was a breakwater. Stone, rock and the occasional name of a cemetery resident made way for a housing project thought up in some other town. It...
The Rotting Tree by Mark Sumioka
The Rotting Tree by Mark Sumioka The town of Jollyville named me “Superstar” Toby Kenmore as an act of mockery. I was the promising catcher who blew a full scholarship to the University of...
Newberry’s Greatest Challenge (Otherwise Known as The Unhappy Tale of Benjamin Gray) by Daryl Rothman
Newberry’s Greatest Challenge (Otherwise Known as The Unhappy Tale of Benjamin Gray) by Daryl Rothman By the end, few knew Benjamin Gray, so shut off from the world had he become, but those who...
Daylight Savings by J L Greer
Daylight Savings by J L Greer -1- November 1, 2024 “It’s spring forward, fall back,” Annalee told her husband as he walked into the kitchen to change the time on the microwave. “I know,...
Childhood Sweethearts by Miriam Levine
Childhood Sweethearts by Miriam Levine My parents were childhood sweethearts. They met in elementary school and have been inseparable since. When my mom tells the story, she’ll say that it was a “blessing and...
Horse Hunting by Robert Temple
Horse Hunting by Robert Temple “Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances.”— D. H. Lawrence Behind him, Kuruk heard the panting of Bimisi and Dahkeya, so he cast a glance...
Dough Boys by M.D. Smith IV
Dough Boys by M.D. Smith IV After years of traveling in space, the colonist’s ship landed on Chronos-32, named such because it was number thirty-two of the many planets circling the giant sun in...
Hidden Refuge in an English Wood by Hannah Henderson
Hidden Refuge in an English Wood by Hannah Henderson “You must be new,” said the boy, looking me up and down. “No uniform yet.” His own uniform was the standard dark blue, the Air...
The Collector by Ethan P. Healey
The Collector by Ethan P. Healey -1- The air smelled of rain and rotting wood when Daniel and Vanessa Adams crossed the narrow street toward Harbor Books on the Seacoast of New Hampshire. It...
Lost And Found…And Lost by Joe Kilgore
Lost And Found…And Lost by Joe Kilgore (Miami 1973) His hair was long. Well, what there was of it. The brown mane on each side was swept back into something that met in the...
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