The creature peered through my bedroom window for the third consecutive night. Except this was no ordinary...
Every Writer
Richard Edwards has a BFA in Creative Writing and Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Akron. Managing editor of Drunk Duck, poetry editor for Prairie Margins, reporter for Miscellany, Akron Journal, Lorain Journal, and The BG News. He has also worked as a professional writer and editor in the medical publishing industry for several years. For the last 15 years Richard has also taught literature and writing at the secondary and post-secondary levels. He works much of the time with at-risk students.
I’m sitting there, clicking away at my laptop, working on a new story.
My cousin’s on the floor,...
The beaten-up, old leather bag of indeterminate colour looked the most interesting find so far. James brought...
The latest item had come in while Ray was out of the office. West Coast – TB17....
The door of the restaurant opened up and two men came in.
They sat down at the bar,...
I’m unzipping the small suitcase open when the phone rings.
‘Tonia, is that you?’ My mama’s fuzzy voice...
My most enduring memory of Roma is of an occurrence on a cold November afternoon in the...
A complex woman went out for a walk one fine summer day. Trouble found her whether she...
Full of longing, he was waiting to see her. The mysterious admirer had written to him a...
Flounder by Andrew M. Carless I threw my tackle box in the bed of my truck, chunks...
Each spring, the urge to plant something—a flower or vegetable or anything that would blossom and produce—pulled...
“We don’t want people like you!” The adoption agency slammed its doors. Margaret and Anne left, hugging...
Lori Schafer's flash fiction, short stories, and essays have appeared in numerous print and online publications, and...
Dueling Pianos By Cynthia Olson He would not dress in such a costume normally, in his normal life,...
The River by Rick Hartwell Raymond knew he would eventually stumble on the river. He had heard...