Archive for Stories
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TAKE STOCK OF YOUR LIFE • by Matthew Wimmer
10 Comments
“You made some very good pre-birth decisions. Your stocks are way up.”
Fantasy, Stories
Nordrum Hafringer sat flipping through papers in a manila envelope. Across the broad wooden desk sat his clients, Mr. and Mrs. Gulnck. They exhibited nothing but middle aged plainness. He with neat gray hair and thin glasses, her with a small beehive hairdo and [...]
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ALL I DID WAS LOOK • by David Dalglish 23 Comments
3:00 a.m. Night shift of road construction, and Ray was point man. A giant white bulb atop a black pole bathed him in false daylight. In the distance, two headlights approached.
Horror, Stories
“Got someone coming,” Ray murmured into his walkie.
“Keep ‘em,” his counterpart three miles away warbled back. “Got two going your way.”
Ray flipped his sign as [...]
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THE DAUGHTER • by K. V. Douglass 17 Comments
Every Friday at 8:00 a.m. Mom ducks into the Krispie Korner and stands perfectly still near the door, watching for me. I never show my face, no matter how much I want to run in there and hug her. I want to tell her I’m safe, I’m in love with a great, gentle guy, and [...]
Literary, Stories
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STAGES OF GRIEF • by Tara Gilboy 13 Comments
“You shouldn’t have done that, Steven.” Cindy scrunched her glasses further up on her nose and adjusted her blouse primly before meeting Steven’s worried gaze with her own solemn stare. “You’re going to die.”
Humour/Satire, Stories
“You’re lying!”
Steven’s hands shook as they peeled back the foil seal of his pudding cup. Normally he wouldn’t believe what some dumb [...]
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CRANE FLY • by Katherine Clements 19 Comments
The crane fly only had three legs. It sat on the whitewashed garden wall next to the river, back legs splayed at one hundred and eighty degrees. It hadn’t moved in at least twenty minutes and Daniel wondered if he had killed it.
Literary, Stories
A group of boys from the village, camouflage skinned with grass stains and [...]
