The Thicket by Steve Carr
The Thicket by Steve Carr The First Encounter Tom Jensen pulled a rotting apple from the tree. The idea the he had brought his wife and daughter, Earlean, to a failing apple farm terrified...
Freedom Fiction Journal An eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
Creature in the Closet by Jake Wiklacz
Creature in the Closet by Jale Wiklacz The first thing nine-year-old Bobby associated with that old farmhouse was this weird, musty smell. That was the end of him growing accustomed to the place, at...
Prospect by Michael Bryan
Prospect by Michael Bryan The bike spit liquid asphalt as it cut black and silver streaks through the dense fog that clung heavily to the mountain road. The exhaust note from the engine haunted...
The Future of Sound by Michael Bryan
The Future of Sound by Michael Bryan The crowd shifted uneasily in their seats. The dimly lit stage sat empty. The people murmured quietly amongst themselves, the anticipation hanging thick inside the small theater....
Delirium by Bill Amberson
Delirium by Bill Amberson A blue whale can weigh in at 150 tons. The creature is larger than a school bus and has been known to nearly capsize ships if it breaches the water...
The Trip by David Jenkins
The Tripby David Jenkins My head is throbbing. My breathing is haggard. My eyes won’t stop stinging but I made it. I’m going to be rich. I just need to take a few pain...
Through a Mirror, Transcendently by Mark Joseph Kevlock
Through a Mirror, Transcendently by Mark Joseph Kevlock The dimensional abyss yawned wide and my other self stepped through. She was a crime-fighter, a philanthropist, a woman. We sat down to dinner, across the...
The Laughter of the Clown by Mark SaFranko
The Laughter of the Clown by Mark SaFranko The moment Garrett Bernson pushed through the turnstile and went for the vacant bench, he saw her. A tall blonde of around thirty, she was standing...
The Pupfish of Miracle Spring by J.G. Follansbee
The Pupfish of Miracle Spring by J.G. Follansbee Dr. Maxine Riçon, PhD, wept at the absence of water. The algae mat she’d observed for ten years, once the color of early spring leaves and...
Horst’s Hummingbirds by Charles Joseph Albert
Horst’s Hummingbirds by Charles Joseph Albert Horst didn’t become aware of his strange gift he got to college. Not, he told himself years later, that the college had anything to do with it. More...
