The creature peered through my bedroom window for the third consecutive night. Except this was no ordinary...
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...