The Case of the Musical Orb by Shant Khodadadian
The Case of the Musical Orb by Shant Khodadadian Heroes’ Street was as lively as ever. The name originated from the belief that this was the exact place where the heroes of yore gathered...
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A Long Walk Up and a Short Drop Down by M. Armstrong
A Long Walk Up and a Short Drop Down by M. Armstrong Billy Vanderveer lay his head upon the stone floor of his cell and sighed. The rough granite felt refreshingly cool against his...
Pillow Talk by James C. Clar
Editor’s Note: Read the previous adventures of the two Hawaii Police Detectives by clicking the link: “Beggars Would Ride” and “The Way The Cookie Crumbles” Pillow Talk by James C. Clar “You know, Jake,”...
Tweaker by Leah Erickson
Tweaker by Leah Erickson She had not used for two and a half months. It was her third time getting clean. It was her second time in a sober house. It was her first...
The Matryoshka by Matias Travieso-Diaz
The Matryoshka by Matias Travieso-Diaz “Marriage is made of lies. Kind ones, mostly. Omissions. If you give voice to the things you think every day about your spouse, you’d crush them to paste.”~ Lauren...
Hidden Rhythm by Nemo Arator
Hidden Rhythm by Nemo Arator It is indeed true that when the apocalypse happened, I was glad to be living on the farm, safely far away from the city when things went to shit...
The Soldier’s Return by Shelley K. Davenport
The Soldier’s Return by Shelley K. Davenport There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be...
Flies in the Face of Greed by Mark Manifesto
Flies in the Face of Greed by Mark Manifesto “Sa-má, Baalar. Sa-má, Baalar,” Araceli chanted to the candles across the floor. Liquid wax sealed them to the perimeter of the ideogram around the knife-pinned...
Stage Left by Devin James Leonard
Stage Left by Devin James Leonard I was sitting in the coffee shop, splicing a video on my laptop, when a pasty, wrinkled face with a thinning head of white hair crouched beside me...
One Infant Girl by Abe Margel
One Infant Girl by Abe Margel Worn out but unwilling to go straight home Theresa decided to walk through the park, past the off-leash dog enclosure and close to the children’s slides and swings....
