Category: Contemporary

A Job of Work by Salvatore Difalco

Posted on December 5, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

Part of my responsibilities included watching over the people in hibernation. Checking gauges, testing the surface tension of the Plexiglass housing, monitoring moisture and so on

The Shine of a Sinful Heart by Ximena Escobar

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

Her small chest woke her. The heart rattling inside it. Like an alarm clock palpitating in secrecy, until the time came that she could no longer ignore it.

Cold Shoulder by Hugh Cartwright

Posted on November 17, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

Freshly dead, she was pinned to the desk by a knife. Smears of blood oozed between his fingers and dripped to the floor.

Open Hands by Angela Townsend

Posted on November 11, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

They did not give me money.

There was never a version in which they were going to give me money.

The Manhattan Club by John RC Potter

Posted on November 4, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

In the early 1990s I had just emerged from a long-term relationship (my first as, and with, a young gay man) that ended with more of a whimper than a bang. Being pro-active by nature, and more social than I am now, I decided that my sister and closest friends and I

You Complete Me by Adele Evershed

Posted on October 28, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

The year before, she was like the last prom dress left hanging on the rail, a bit sad but still hopeful. Then he walked into her life, all clichéd–tall, dark, and handsome

Time Window by Doug Dawson

Posted on April 28, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

“United Space-Service ship USS-4271 calling … Mayday … Mayday … This is Space-Patrol astronaut John Plantain … we are in low orbit around IO, we have meteorite damage, Auto-Nav’s not working and we have less than forty minutes before our low orbit causes Auto-Ignite to fire

Catching Up 2143

Posted on April 23, 2023November 26, 2023 by Every Writer

I hope you don’t mind me calling you that, but it’s how we referred to you all these years. We assumed you were dead; lost in the war with so many others. Your letter was full of news, and we hunger for more. Especially about your “whole new family”

Don’t Look For Us by Christine LaChance

Posted on March 31, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

“Is it working? This is Lieutenant Cypher of the Echo-114 squadron. If you’re hearing this transmission, it means we’re lost. I’m the only one left. More specifically, I don’t know where all the others have gone.

Alien bloom 982

Posted on March 24, 2023December 9, 2023 by Every Writer

One evening in late October, I thrashed my old rusty scythe at my overgrown lawn, whilst practising the odd golf swing. That’s when the flying saucer arrived. It hovered, casting shadows. Startled, I struck my foot, saved only by the scythes bluntness.