Slum Flower’s Not So Elegant Death

R.E HengstermanMarch 17, 2019

Slum Flower's Not So Elegant Death written by: R.E Hengsterman @robhengsterman   Even daybreak didn't slow the lot lizards from stalking the tru...

EnglishLiterature8 min read

A Fresh Cuppa Joe

Jim BartlettMarch 14, 2019

A Fresh Cuppa Joe written by: Jim Bartlett   “You’re lookin’ a little off today, Joe. Somethin’ buggin’ ya?” Joe takes a sip of his coffee, twists hi...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

The Eulogy

Chris CooperFebruary 21, 2019

The Eulogy written by: Chris Cooper   The day after I sold my novel was my father’s funeral. And while I should have been looking forward to prom...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature10 min read

Jack

Jim BartlettFebruary 10, 2019

Jack written by: Jim Bartlett   Jack picks up the phone on the second ring, the crackle of static in his ear before the voice – an all too familiar on...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Comrade Commissar

RayFedFebruary 3, 2019

Comrade Commissar written by: RayFed @MrRayFed   In the little town of Netrizovo, in a 3 room dacha lived Comrade Commissar Pietrov. It was his ...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature5 min read

Lullabies From the Yawning Grave

Kerri CaldwellJanuary 31, 2019

Lullabies From the Yawning Grave written by: Kerri Caldwell @KerriCaldwell19    When the night is over, you’ll walk into the sun. You’ll be lost...

EnglishLiterature4 min read

The Inn Bard

Silvana McGuireJanuary 17, 2019

The Inn Bard written by: Silvana McGuire   The bard was watching. Always watching. From his corner at the long wooden table while nursing a tin c...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Raven Ridge

Doug DonnanJanuary 14, 2019

Raven Ridge written by: Doug Donnan   Approximately 30 miles due south of Flagstaff Arizona (As the crow flies)   “Raven Ridge?” the gap-to...

EnglishLiterature5 min read

It’s Just Us

Kerri CaldwellJanuary 6, 2019

It's Just Us written by: Kerri Caldwell @KerriCaldwell19    And it’s just us, just under the upper hand, holding on with spit and chewing gum. ...

EnglishLiterature4 min read

Grandma’s Wee Woo Christmas

Julie EgerDecember 21, 2018

Grandma's Wee Woo Christmas written by: A.J. Lawdring @AJLawdring   By the time I was seven years old I was sure about the difference between boys an...

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Vegas And Beyond

Mark KuglinDecember 8, 2018

Vegas And Beyond written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction   The prosecutor’s opening statement, “I can prove my case beyond any shadow of a doubt,” t...

EnglishLiterature9 min read

Grandfather’s Clock

Bruce RoweDecember 6, 2018

Grandfather's Clock written by: Bruce Rowe   The date on the back of the German-built grandfather clock read 1872 ˗ ironically the same year that gran...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature17 min read

Doug’s Place

Jim BartlettDecember 4, 2018

Doug's Place written by: Jim Bartlett   Six months earlier... The woman, her makeup as thick as icing on a cupcake, and looking as if applied in th...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature19 min read

Blue Note Souls

Ron KemptonDecember 2, 2018

Blue Note Souls written by: Ron Kempton   I’ve come a long way with the help of God. He lives out on Rout 61, somewhere between Memphis and Clarksdale...

EnglishFeatured PostLiterature36 min read