Sometimes my cleavage gets in the way. I know I know. Sing me a sob story, but it’s true. I can’t always tell if my fly is undone, or if there’s toilet paper stuck to my shoe, and it takes a wish and a prayer to find a suitable seat on the train where you’re [...]
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Making a point by Graham Smith
They crept noiselessly across the tarmac as they approached the van from its nearside blind spot. The father led the way issuing pre arranged hand signals to his son. They’d rehearsed the line they would have to take to remain unseen until both knew exactly where to tread. +++++Cigarette smoke drifted from an open window [...]
Too Bad by B.R. Stateham (A Smitty Story)
She was a beautiful woman. +++++Stunningly beautiful. In the crosshairs of the 10-40×50 rifle scope her jet black hair waved like some erotic siren in the morning breeze. She stood, facing two men, in a black dress that revealed long, sculptured legs. And white heels. The heels lifted her and sculptured the legs [...]
Reno by Chris Leek
My eyes hurt; it feels like they’re boiling in their sockets. All around me the rattle of coins is incessant and overwhelming. Reels that spin and clunk hammer their own brand of pain into my head. Everything washes out in a swirling fog of noise and neon. Somewhere from a million miles away – or [...]
All I Need Is A Day by Liam Sweeny
“We only got a day with him to talk,” the Chief grunted through the hoarse voice of the guy that put ALL of that smell in the air. “He’s been here long enough. He won’t lawyer up, but if we start asking the wrong questions, he might. We gotta’ get him to talk. He could bring down Richie Rich.”
Monster by David Barber
The red sky that morning should have been my warning, but I chose to ignore it. I had a job to do and I had to get there before the snow came. +++++I drove from my house and onto the country lane, my speed picking up as I changed through the gears. Then it came, [...]
The Hater’s Club by Len Kuntz
At the ice cream store, a kid is staring at me with chocolate melt running down his lips and chin, mouth hanging open like a grotesque trapdoor. His eyes are huge, bark-brown olives. Worst of all, he hasn’t blinked once. +++++I study my napkin for a solid two minutes. Looking up, I see the kid’s [...]
Sleep Tight by Jack Bates
I hear the guy next door snoring through my wall every night. Tonight it drives me out of my apartment. His wife, leaning on the flimsy metal railing of their balcony unit, a cigarette tucked between her slender fingers, tells me he has apnea and she can’t get her husband to wear the continuous positive [...]
The Fountain by Jo Hiley
I heard the rich tone of your voice before I noticed you. Nothing had changed, you looked the same. I watched you for five minutes before you turned and saw me. A smile lighting up your face as you strolled over to where I sat. Six months earlier I walked in on you fucking my [...]
Innocent by B.R. Stateham (A Smitty Story)
He saw her slide out of the front seat of her Toyota Corona and close the door before opening the left rear door. A beauty in subdued mustard yellow. Long brown hair. Sculptured, athletic legs. A long, lithe, athletic body. He almost smiled. No wonder Little Gabe fell in love. Even from across the parking lot of the small [...]