Christmas Love

Mir-Yashar SeyedbagheriDecember 14, 2019

Christmas Love written by: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri   Christmas Eve. Older sister Nancy and I are home alone again. We decide to have our own Christmas...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature0 min read

Taboo at Christmas

Niles ReddickDecember 13, 2019

Taboo at Christmas written by: Niles Reddick @niles_reddick   Granddaddy sat in a vinyl recliner, smoked a cigar that had layered the living room and...

ChristmasEnglishLiterature2 min read

The Date

NT FranklinDecember 9, 2019

The Date written by: NT Franklin   Elise swore off Internet dating sites forever. Eight first dates and no second date or even a single text. That wa...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Welcome

Doug HawleyNovember 29, 2019

Welcome written by: Doug Hawley @dougiamm   Duke woke up in a theatre feeling a bit out of it. He could tell that he had a lot to drink. That must be...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Wild Geese

Mir-Yashar SeyedbagheriNovember 27, 2019

Wild Geese written by: Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri   Geese rise from the campus soccer field, into the evening. Wings flutter in unison. No stragglers. Y...

EnglishLiterature0 min read

The Tome of Cooter Clemons

Marlon MartinezNovember 26, 2019

The Tome of Cooter Clemons written by: Marlon Martinez   You didn't know this hombre. Never met him before in your life, but he gave advice like you'r...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Feed The Beast

Mike KannerNovember 24, 2019

Feed The Beast written by: Mike Kanner @MDKanner   GALLIPOLI, 1915 Private Alexander saw movement to the observation post’s front. “Corporal, loo...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Midnight Walk

Ann Christine TabakaNovember 16, 2019

Midnight Walk written by: Ann Christine Tabaka @TabakaChris   It was around midnight, but isn’t that usually when darkness plays its evil hand? I cou...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Coup of The Vascular Colony

S. M. BurgessNovember 15, 2019

Coup of The Vascular Colony written by: S.M. Burgess @m_hollows   The city of Eisen’s flickered flame is in ourselves, oil slicks and musty sand. You...

EnglishLiterature2 min read

Match

Susan L De MillerNovember 14, 2019

Match written by: Susan L De Miller   My finger hovers over the keyboard. The cursor blinks. “I have a match.” I whisper. “Are you going to open it?...

EnglishLiterature0 min read

Spot

Matthew Roy DaveyNovember 7, 2019

Spot written by: Matthew Roy Davey   When he got on the coach their eyes met and Amy’s heart lurched. She tried to return his smile, knowing she ...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Mutual Restraining Orders

Mark KuglinNovember 3, 2019

Mutual Restraining Orders written by: Mark Kuglin @cr8fiction   A strong aroma of cordite--hanging defiantly in the air-- and the sickeningly pu...

EnglishLiterature7 min read

Bad Moon Rising

Jim BartlettOctober 23, 2019

Bad Moon Rising written by: Jim Bartlett   Lou edges back the curtain and lays his face against the window’s cool glass. Outside, the pitch of dark is...

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Time For Preyer

Mike KannerOctober 19, 2019

Time For Preyer written by: Mike Kanner @MDKanner   It was Halloween and already dark. Father Carl had finished preparing his All Saint’s day homily ...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature3 min read