Blood on His Boots by Gary Ives
Blood on His Boots by Gary Ives I am a small person. I yearned to be bigger, and early on realized how a uniform put a person perceptibly larger in the eyes of others....
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Valentine’s Day Massacre by Doug Hawley
Valentine’s Day Massacre by Doug Hawley Special Report To Stumptown Magazine by Elmer Jakes February 10, 20xx I was at her bedside when Ginger Smith uttered her last words. “Why did Ted do this? ...
Thursday’s Money by Grant Tracey
Thursday’s Money by Grant Tracey Slipping free would be tough. The ropes weren’t nylon but hemp. Coarse fibers scuffed and cut into the skin of his wrists. Across from him was a woman who...
The Tobias Problem by Allister Nelson
Editor’s Note: This short story is a work of fiction. The views expressed in this fiction are solely of its author. This fiction does not reflect nor represent the views, beliefs and opinions of...
Angel by Leonard Henry Scott
Angel by Leonard Henry Scott The curtains moved. Sometimes deep in the center of night, in the grim smothering darkness of a closed and curtained room, the eyes play tricks. There had been...
The Longest Road by John Stadelman
The Longest Road by John Stadelman I Ross pulled the stolen Wrangler over onto the shoulder of the highway. Messy perked up in the passenger seat, a tight coil of sandy-brown fur peeking at...
Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2024 by FreedomFiction.com
Pushcart Prize Nominees for 2024 by FreedomFiction.com We always get our nominations in hard-copy to the New York office of Pushcart Press in October and ensure we get noticed. We will be mailing below...
Fiori’s Cabinet of Curiosities by James Fitzsimmons
Fiori’s Cabinet of Curiositiesby James Fitzsimmons April O’Casey fired the Winchester through a slit in the steel-reinforced coach. Bouncing on the bench across from her, Tobias Breen clutched a valise and shut his eyes....
Revenge is Wild Justice by Gary Ives
Revenge is Wild Justice by Gary Ives Arthur rattled the old cowbell he’d lifted from the table beside his cot. Minutes later, Lopez quietly entered holding a flashlight. “Señor? You okay?” “Help me to...
Book Review: One False Step by Mark SaFranko
Rousing emotions and flailing humans Setting the atmosphere for yet another exploaration of human nature, the latest novel from SaFranko has you interested in protagonist Clay at once. You never know what you got...
