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A Favor for Martha

Beth Ghiorso·June 13, 2023

A Favor For Martha written by: Beth Ghiorso Suzy, I need a favor. The thought was intrusive,...

My Bar Mitzvah

Michael Natt·June 13, 2023

My Bar Mitzvah written by: Michael Natt I hated going to Hebrew school. It was a huge...

Literature English

·1 min read

Kindred Spirits

George Glasser·June 12, 2023

Kindred Spirits written by: George C Glasser @gtigerclaw On the first day of school when Sophie walked...

Literature English

·2 mins read

Dead Man’s Hand

Kerr Pelto·June 11, 2023

Dead Man’s Hand written by: Kerr Pelto Thunder, more deafening than a rampage of wild mustangs, galloped...

English Featured Post Literature

·6 mins read

Piggy

Zach Zajac·June 9, 2023

Piggy written by: Zach Zajac @zakzakzajac I pound the door as hard as I can. “Please, please,...

English Literature

·2 mins read

Late Night

William Masters·June 6, 2023

Late Night written by: William Masters The Da Vinci Café, a San Francisco landmark, stood at the...

Fallen

Phyllis Souza·June 5, 2023

Fallen written by: Phyllis Souza Wearing a green chasuble, Father John Heller, tall and slender, follows the...

Literature English

·3 mins read

How’s Business, Alright?

David Milner·June 4, 2023

How’s Business, Alright? written by: David Milner Restive this morning was Moira, his mother, and dressed way...

Literature Featured Post English

·20 mins read

The Adventure Starts Here

Jennifer Christiansen·June 1, 2023

The Adventure Starts Here written by: Jennifer Christiansen @JChristiansen13 “The only way to live, to really live,...

English Literature Featured Post

·8 mins read

Life Revisited

Joseph Amendolare·May 28, 2023

Life Revisited written by: Joseph Amendolare Coffee from Wawa, two packs of Marlboros and 83.50 in my...

English Literature

·4 mins read

The Mantle

Alison Fagan·May 27, 2023

The Mantle written by: Alison Fagan “I might leave it for now.” The words pelted hard on...

Literature English

·7 mins read

At 28 Weeks: When Reality Shifts

Erin P.T. Canning·May 25, 2023

At 28 Weeks: When Reality Shifts written by: Erin P.T. Canning @erinptcanning We noted the first red...

The Triumvirate

Keith D Guernsey·May 24, 2023

The Triumvirate written by: Keith D Guernsey @thegurns Some guy named Dickens once said “It was the...

English Literature

·4 mins read

Love and Time

Gabriella Balcom·May 22, 2023

Love and Time written by: Gabriella Balcom Biting her lip, Kryssi stared at the river but kept...

Literature English

·3 mins read

After a long career tinkering in telecommunications, Jim Bartlett switched to tinkering with writing fiction, both requiring a stretch of the imagination. In the course of putting his fingers to the keyboard, he's been fortunate to have quite a number of his stories featured both in print and online in several wonderful publications, including a story selected for "The Best of Fiction on the Web, 1996 – 2017" anthology. While mentally he strolls along a warm California beach with his wife and golden retriever (shhh, she doesn't know she's a dog), physically they reside on a special little island in the Pacific Northwest.

Reaper by Sharon Frame Gay

As an orphaned son of an orphan, I always see the glass as half empty. I picture the water murky and lukewarm, a waterline etched below the rim. Maybe with an ash or two floating at the bottom, because that’s what I do for a living. I deal with ashes. The remains of the deceased. No matter how those who pass away see their glass, meager or full, they eventually end up in a satchel carried on my shoulder.
My business card reads “Morton Stark Transport.” I’m called upon to disperse the ashes of the dearly departed and honor their final wishes. People hire me to escort the remains throughout the world ...

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