Lacrimal Desert – By Brett Herrmann
He was dreaming about baseball when a line drive slammed into his jaw. Noah’s eyelids shot open, and his pupils adjusted to the harsh...
Misbehavior – By George Angel
One set of tracks curl out in one direction, the other set in another. Not a "v" exactly, more like the curling leaves at...
Sentimental Men – By Dennis Vannatta
On the night of the long hard day when their son, Jason, abandoned by his wife, returned home with his two sons, Peggy Gorey...
The Bag – By Hemendra Killawala
She was a working woman and a homemaker. After a long day at work, she was driving back home and thinking about the calls...
Audio Spotlight – By R.J. Fox
“Just think…if this goes well…we’ll die like this,” he said, as they lay entangled in the afterglow of amazing sex.
She laughed, knowing exactly what...
Redusperilitis – By Kim Farleigh
The red star on a grinning policeman’s hat matched his star-studded, red epaulettes. A passing truck’s noise helped me “ignore” that cop’s whistling attempt...
Hsi-wei and the Fall of the Sui – By Robert Wexelblatt
The two weeks the Tang minister Fang Xuan-ling stole from his work in the capital to visit the poet/peasant Chen Hsi-wei in Chiangling were...
The Illusion Of Consciousness – By Kim Farleigh
X-rays struck Matthew's tray. A snowy-haired man, with marine-green eyes, attempting impartiality, and glowing like alabaster, asked: "Why Israel?"
A distorted representation of Matthew filled...
Grandeur – By George Angel
I have lost my dignity.
Though my wife mourns it daily, is appalled, I say, "Good riddance!"
I sit hunched over and receive the minutes, let...
The Last Stop – By Richard E Schell
I fight to control my fears, the fears and thoughts that began the day when all things changed the world forever. With many miles...
